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BLACK BUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black buck mean?
• BLACK BUCK (noun)
The noun BLACK BUCK has 1 sense:
1. common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
Familiarity information: BLACK BUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Antilope cervicapra; black buck; blackbuck
Hypernyms ("black buck" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("black buck" is a member of...):
Antilope; genus Antilope (blackbucks)
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