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LECHWE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lechwe mean?
• LECHWE (noun)
The noun LECHWE has 1 sense:
1. tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
Familiarity information: LECHWE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Kobus leche; lechwe
Hypernyms ("lechwe" is a kind of...):
waterbuck (any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers)
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