kob

IPA: kˈɑb

noun

  • An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
  • Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.
  • (rail transport) The station code of Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong.
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Examples of "kob" in Sentences

  • Seasonal migration by white-eared kob in relation to resources.
  • October 12, 2008 at 3:56 am noaw wee show yous hoaw wee eetz korn-n-da-kob!
  • From E21EJC / Krissada "kob" Please Take Care Yourself From+Thailand The land of smiles ..
  • Note 6: Proto-Eastern-Savanna Bantu * - kob - "to become marriageable/nubile"; Proto-East Ruvu * - kowa "to instruct on pregnancy"; e.g.,
  • For example, a million individuals of white-eared kob undertake a massive migration of over 1500 km, following the availability of floodplain grasses.
  • Among the most abundant species found here are the white-eared kob (Kobus kob), the tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) and the Mongalla gazelle (Gazella thomsonii albontata).
  • Southern Sudan is a haven for many species of rare and endangered wildlife, including the Kobus kob (whiteeared Kob), elephant, black and white rhino, and many bird species.
  • The park contains typical northern Sudanese savanna fauna and the only remaining populations of elephant Loxodonta africana (T), buffalo Syncerus caffer and kob Kobus kob in Niger.
  • As a result of habitat loss due to land degradation, four antelope species in Lesotho and Swaziland, the blue wildebeest in Malawi, the Tssessebe in Mozambique, the blue buck from the southwestern Cape in South Africa and the kob in Tanzania are threatened with extinction.
  • Within the St. Floris region, the most abundant large mammals seem to be kob Kobus kob, hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus and grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia, with other fairly abundant ungulates including waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, oribi Ourebia ourebi, topi Damaliscus lunatus, reedbuck Redunca redunca, roan antelope Hippotragus equines and giant eland Taurotragus derbianus; also buffalo Syncerus caffer, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus and hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius.

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