bushbuck

noun

bush·buck ˈbu̇sh-ˌbək

plural bushbuck or bushbucks

: a small African striped antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) especially of sub-Saharan forests that has spirally twisted horns in the male

Examples of bushbuck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web They are known to hunt and eat smaller animals such as monkeys or bushbucks. —

Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024 The researchers suspect bushbuck will vacate the plains pretty quickly. —

Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2019 Federal officials said inspectors identified the skins were from bushbucks, a species of antelope in sub-Saharan Africa, and from genets and civets, small catlike mammals. —

Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019 In Gorongosa, the dogs target bushbuck, impala and waterbuck, surrounding the prey, grabbing at legs, nose and hindquarters, disemboweling it from below. —

Natalie Angier, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2019 There are also buffalo and small antelope like puku and bushbuck. —

Martin Edstrom, National Geographic, 16 June 2017

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