reedbuck

American

[reed-buhk] / ˈridˌbʌk /

noun

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 British

/ ˈriːdˌbʌk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of reedbuck

1825–35; translation of Afrikaans rietbok

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

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

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