Home › Words › B › blesbuckblesbuckblesbuck means A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.EtymologyBorrowed from Afrikaans blesbok.nounA type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bontebok 68% match — A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus vs blesbuck →bubale 67% match — Any of several North African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus. vs blesbuck →bluebok 66% match — bluebuck vs blesbuck →gemsbok 65% match — A large African antelope (Oryx gazella). vs blesbuck →damalisk 63% match — Any antelope of the genus Damaliscus. vs blesbuck →blackbuck 63% match — An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra; a sasin. vs blesbuck →boselaphine 63% match — Any antelope of the tribe Boselaphini vs blesbuck →bubal 63% match — An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa. vs blesbuck →