"kob" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɒb/ Forms: kobs [plural], kob [plural], koba [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Probably from Kanuri kob (“antelope”) or another related Central Sudanic form. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|kr|kob||antelope}} Kanuri kob (“antelope”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|*}} kob (plural kobs or kob)
  1. An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
    Sense id: en-kob-en-noun-~x547MKS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɒb/ Forms: kobs [plural], koba [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: From Afrikaans kob, from Dutch kobbe (“fish, goby, lumpfish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|kob}} Afrikaans kob, {{der|en|nl|kobbe||fish, goby, lumpfish}} Dutch kobbe (“fish, goby, lumpfish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} kob (plural kobs)
  1. Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob. Translations (Kobus kob): блатен козел (blaten kozel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cob [masculine] (Catalan), voduška kob (Czech), kobiantilooppi (Finnish), kobi (Finnish), maraya [feminine] (Hausa), cobo [masculine] (Italian), kob [masculine] (Italian), teperetio (Nandi), kob [masculine] (Romanian), коб (kob) [masculine] (Russian), боло́тный козёл (bolótnyj kozjól) [masculine] (Russian), mbill (Wolof)
    Sense id: en-kob-en-noun-3fSvWt-i Categories (other): Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hausa translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Nandi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Wolof translations, Antelopes, Croakers Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 0 5 34 23 1 0 1 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hausa translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Nandi translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Wolof translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Antelopes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Croakers: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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