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BUSHBUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bushbuck mean? 

BUSHBUCK (noun)
  The noun BUSHBUCK has 1 sense:

1. antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted hornsplay

  Familiarity information: BUSHBUCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUSHBUCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bushbuck; guib; Tragelaphus scriptus

Hypernyms ("bushbuck" is a kind of...):

harnessed antelope (any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness)

Holonyms ("bushbuck" is a member of...):

genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)


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