blesbuck
Americannoun
plural
blesbucks,plural
blesbuckExample Sentences
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There is probably some connexion between the foregoing rule and the circumstance that the female of the antelope of the desert,—the oryx, the hartebeest and the blesbuck—is horned more or less as the male is, whereas the females of the forest dwellers,—the bushbuck, the koodoo and the impala—are hornless.
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But how large the spoor was; it suggested blesbuck rather than springbuck.
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On our way through the Orange Free State we saw immense herds of springbuck and an occasional herd of blesbuck and wildebeeste.
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I remember a locality called "Leeuw Dooms" where blesbuck, wildebeeste, and quagga were in almost incredible abundance.
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Just beyond the outskirts of the town were herds of wildebeeste, blesbuck, and quagga grazing quietly about, like so many herds of cattle.
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