bushbuck

[ boo sh-buhk ]

/ ˈbʊʃˌbʌk /

noun, plural bush·bucks, (especially collectively) bush·buck.

a large African antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, of wooded and bushy regions, having a reddish body streaked or spotted with white.

Nearby words

bush-line, bush., bushbaby, bushbashing, bushbeater, bushbuck, bushcraft, bushed, bushel, bushelbasket, busheled iron

Compare harnessed antelope.

Origin of bushbuck

1850–55; < Afrikaans bosbok, earlier boschbok, equivalent to bos bush¹ + bok buck¹

Also called guib.

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Examples from the Web for bushbuck

"Hartebeest, bushbuck and antelope," replied the explorer calmly.
The Blind Lion of the Congo|Elliott Whitney
He went to a place where he found a bushbuck (imbabala) building a hut.
South-African Folk-Tales|James A. Honey
Sometimes we have kongoni steaks, at other times we have the heart of waterbuck or the liver of bushbuck or impalla.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
Afterwards he whistled in a particular manner, and there fell a storm of hail which killed the bushbuck.
South-African Folk-Tales|James A. Honey

Then came up a bushbuck, and the man told him to sit down by the leopard and wait.
Black Tales for White Children|C. H. Stigand

British Dictionary definitions for bushbuck

bushbuck

boschbok

/ (ˈbʊʃˌbʌk) /

noun plural -bucks, -buck, -boks or -bok

a small nocturnal spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, of the bush and tropical forest of Africa. Its coat is reddish-brown with a few white markings

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