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# springbok

«springbok» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, fast antelope (a deer-like animal) of southern…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a springbok, springboks; the Springboks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A springbok is a small, fast antelope (a deer-like animal) of southern Africa, brown and white, famous for jumping high into the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#m1)

2) The Springboks are the national rugby union team of South Africa, named after the animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons springboks appear in African savannah food chains and animal adaptations: they leap straight up, "pronking", maybe to show predators they are strong. In sport talk the Springboks are a famous rugby team who won the Rugby World Cup several times. The springbok is a national symbol of South Africa.

### examples

- A springbok can jump higher than a grown-up's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x1)
- Cheetahs and lions hunt springboks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x2)
- Springboks live on dry grasslands in southern Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x3)
- The Springboks beat New Zealand in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x4)
- We saw a herd of springboks on the safari video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x5)
- The springbok is South Africa's national animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x6)
- When scared, springboks leap with stiff legs; this is called pronking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/#x7)

### note

Plural: springboks (sometimes springbok). From Afrikaans/Dutch: "spring" (jump) + "bok" (antelope or goat). With a capital S, it means the rugby team.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «springbok» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/springbok/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.