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guib

  [gwib, geeb]
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–noun
bushbuck.
Origin:
1765–75; < F guiba, name used by Buffon; orig. obscure

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; < Afrik bosbok, earlier boschbok, equiv. to bos bush 1 + bok buck 1
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