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bushbuck

American  
[boosh-buhk] / ˈbʊʃˌbʌk /

noun

plural

bushbucks,

plural

bushbuck

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

bushbuck British  
/ ˈbʊʃˌbʌk /

noun

  1. 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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Etymology

Origin of bushbuck

1850–55; < Afrikaans bosbok, earlier boschbok, equivalent to bos bush 1 + bok buck 1

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