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reit-buck|riːt-|
Also riet-buck, riet-, reit-bok, † ritbock.
[ad. Du. rietbok, f. riet reed + bok buck.]
A South African antelope, Cervicapra arundinacea (formerly Antilope eleotragus).
[1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape G. Hope II. xiv. 222 The riet, or reed ree-bok, I saw but once.] 1795tr. Thunberg's Trav. (ed. 2) II. 44 Rietboks..and Bonteboks..frequented much these hilly and verdant fields. 1801Shaw Gen. Zool. II. 348 The female Ritbock resembles the male in colour, but has no horns. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 80/1 The reit bok is not found in the immediate vicinity of the Cape, but farther in the interior of the country it is by no means uncommon. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 154/1 Here I found reit-buck, which do not frequent the Limpopo in those parts which I have visited. 1889Rider Haggard Allan's Wife, etc. 322 Out bounded a beautiful reit bok which had been lying in the shelter. 1899― Swallow iv, Up sprang two riet-buck. |