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waterbuck
[ waw-ter-buhk, wot-er- ]
noun
- any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
waterbuck
/ ˈwɔːtəˌbʌk /
noun
- any of various antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp K. ellipsiprymnus, of swampy areas of Africa, having long curved ridged horns
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Example Sentences
On the way thither, I killed two zebras, a waterbuck and a Thomsonii.
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They were: water-buck > waterbuck, Mosambique > Mozambique, and imbody > embody.
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The waterbuck swam a little longer, the fine head dropped, the body turned over, and one of the canoes dragged it ashore.
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They do like the skin, however, for it is of the waterbuck skin that their best sandals are made.
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As a trophy for a wall there are few heads in Africa more noble than that of the waterbuck.
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