Reedbuck Definition

rēdbŭk
reedbucks
noun
Any of a genus (Redunca) of small African antelopes with widely spread hooves and, in the males, backward-sloping, ringed horns turned inward and forward near the tips.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Reedbuck

Noun

Singular:
reedbuck
Plural:
reedbucks

Origin of Reedbuck

  • Translation of Afrikaans rietbok

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • reed +"Ž buck

    From Wiktionary

Reedbuck Sentence Examples

  • In the Vryheid district the kudu, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, reedbuck, impala, steinbok and klipspringer are also found.

  • In size and several structural features it approximates to the more typical Cervicaprinae, as represented by the reedbuck (Cervicapra), and the waterbucks and kobs (Cobus or Kobus), all of which are likewise African.

  • Reedbuck, or rietbok (Cervicapra), are foxy-red antelopes ranging in size from a fallow-deer to a roe, with thick bushy tails, forwardly curving black horns, and a bare patch of glandular skin behind each ear.

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Words Starting With

RREREE

Words Ending With

KCKUCK

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