bush-buckn.
/ˈbʊʃbʌk/, U.S. /ˈbʊʃˌbək/ A small species of African antelope, also called the Bush-goat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Tragelaphinae > genus Tragelaphus (tragelaph) > Tragelaphus scriptus (bush-buck)
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1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 71 294 A shot at an ostrich or bushbuck.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 343 In the mornings and evenings the pretty little bush-buck (Tragelaphus sylvatica) ventures..out of the mangroves, to feed.
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