reedbuck

reed·buck

(rēd′bŭk′)

Any of several African antelopes of the genus Redunca, having a gray or brown coat, a short bushy tail, and in the male, short horns that curve forward.

[Translation of Afrikaans rietbok.]

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reedbuck

(ˈriːdˌbʌk)

n, pl -bucks or -buck

(Animals) any antelope of the genus Redunca, of Africa south of the Sahara, having a buff-coloured coat and inward-curving horns

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reed•buck

(ˈridˌbʌk)

n., pl. -bucks, (esp. collectively) -buck.

any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.

[1825–35; translation of Afrikaans rietbok]

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