reedbuck

[ reed-buhk ]

noun

, plural reed·bucks, (especially collectively) reed·buck.

1. any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.

reedbuck

/ ˈriːdˌbʌk /

noun

1. any antelope of the genus Redunca , of Africa south of the Sahara, having a buff-coloured coat and inward-curving horns

Word History and Origins

Origin of reedbuck¹

1825–35; translation of Afrikaans rietbok

Example Sentences

Meanwhile Black had received a leg of the reedbuck on his head and was pushing the clammy thing from him.

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A reedbuck was startled out of the grass and noisily ran away, giving the alarm.

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This subspecies is called the Uganda race of the bohor reedbuck—sometimes abbreviated to "bohor."

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The reedbuck's distinguishing characteristic is a sharp whistle, which he sounds shrilly when alarmed.

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Reedbuck, sometimes a bushbuck, frequently hyenas, and many large owls are driven out of nearly every good-sized swamp.

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