waterbuck

[ waw-ter-buhk, wot-er- ]

/ ˈwɔ tərˌbʌk, ˈwɒt ər- /

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noun

any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.

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Origin of waterbuck

First recorded in 1840–50; water + buck¹

Words nearby waterbuck

water bottle, water bouget, water boy, waterbrain, water brash, waterbuck, water buffalo, water bug, Waterbury, water-bus, water butt

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How to use waterbuck in a sentence

On the way thither, I killed two zebras, a waterbuck and a Thomsonii.
Hunting in Many Lands|Various
They were: water-buck > waterbuck, Mosambique > Mozambique, and imbody > embody.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
The waterbuck swam a little longer, the fine head dropped, the body turned over, and one of the canoes dragged it ashore.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries|David Livingstone
They do like the skin, however, for it is of the waterbuck skin that their best sandals are made.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon

As a trophy for a wall there are few heads in Africa more noble than that of the waterbuck.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for waterbuck

waterbuck

/ (ˈwɔːtəˌbʌk) /

noun

any of various antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp K. ellipsiprymnus, of swampy areas of Africa, having long curved ridged horns

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