| 单词 | water antelope |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater antelope water antelope n. any of several African antelopes that live in marshy places; esp. the waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, and the sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Reduncinae > genus Kobus > kobus ellipsiprymnus (water-buck) waterbok1835 waterbuck1838 water antelope1844 sing-sing1854 Uganda kob1896 Nile lechwe1937 1844 Illustr. London News 10 Aug. 90/3 Among the animals are eight antelopes, four of which..are denominated water antelopes, a very rare and beautiful species. 1875 W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S. & S.-E. Afr. 367 The water-antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). 1935 Jrnl. Ecol. 23 425 Few mammals reside in the swamp. The most abundant are the water-antelope or sitatunga (Limnotragus Spekei), and the clawed otter (Lutra maculicollis). 2004 Irish Times Mag. (Nexis) 20 Nov. 40 In the Okavango Delta, you can take to the water in a dug-out canoe, gliding low through the water lilies and sending water antelopes scattering. < as lemmas |
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