blesbuck
Americannoun
plural
blesbucks,plural
blesbuckExample Sentences
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That was about six months earlier than the time of which I write, and during those months I had often used this rifle for the shooting of game, such as blesbuck and also of bustards.
From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider
This went on for nearly an hour, in which time he had fired twenty-seven cartridges and killed three blesbuck and wounded a vilderbeeste, which they proceeded to chase.
From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider
About twenty blesbuck turned and came straight past John, at a distance of forty yards.
From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider
Yes, there stood a small herd of blesbuck; they were not more than eighty yards away.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
On our way through the Orange Free State we saw immense herds of springbuck and an occasional herd of blesbuck and wildebeeste.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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