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blesbok (medicine) and fifty (oh)


blesbok (medicine)


blesbok
<zoology> A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

Origin: D, fr. Bles a white spot on the forehead + bok buck.

Source: Websters Dictionary


fifty (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: fiftig, from fif 'five']
the number 50
the fifties [plural] also the '50s
the 1950s
the years between 1950 and 1959
::Standards of living rose in the fifties.
the early/mid/late fifties
::The play was written in the late fifties.
be in your fifties
to be aged between 50 and 59
early/mid/late fifties
::He must be in his early fifties by now.
in the fifties
if the temperature is in the fifties, it is between 50 degrees and 59 degrees
in the low/mid/high fifties
::sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties
[C] a piece of paper money that is worth 50 dollars or 50 pounds
::I can give you five tens for that fifty if you want.
-- fiftieth adj
::her fiftieth birthday