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bushbucks

[boosh-buhk]

bush·buck

[boosh-buhk]
noun, plural -bucks, (especially collectively) -buck.
a large African antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, of wooded and bushy regions, having a reddish body streaked or spotted with white.
Also called guib.


Origin:
1850–55; < Afrikaans bosbok, earlier boschbok, equivalent to bos bush1 + bok buck1
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