reedbuck
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of reedbuck
1825–35; translation of Afrikaans rietbok
Example Sentences
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She had seen many kinds of antelope: waterbuck, duikers, bushbuck, reedbuck, and a few large kudu, whose harsh bark sometimes rang through the forest.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The reedbuck never travels in large numbers, seldom more than two or three, or at most, five or six, being bunched together.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
Hartbeest, reedbuck, the maned and huge-eared roan antelope, gazelle, and bush-buck, all were here, skull or mask, dominated by the vast head of the wildebeest, with ponderous sickle-curved horns.
From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
On these occasions many reedbuck would be driven out of the cover of the reeds and rushes, and go crashing up the slopes leading away from the swamp.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
The reedbuck is another of the smaller antelopes that carries a beautiful head, and, like nearly all of the antelopes, comes in many varieties, or subspecies.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.
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