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kob

Pronunciation: /kɒb/

The English word “kob” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
  2. Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.

Etymology

Probably from Kanuri kob (“antelope”) or another related Central Sudanic form.

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