BLACKBUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackbuck mean? 

• BLACKBUCK (noun)
  The noun BLACKBUCK has 1 sense:

1. common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKBUCK (noun)

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 ("blackbuck" 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 ("blackbuck" is a member of...):

Antilope; genus Antilope (blackbucks)