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Added 8 October 2026

kob

/kɒb/ symbol

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Former ISO 639-3 language code for Kohoroxitari.

noun

An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.

noun

Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.

Origin

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

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