Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) of sub-Saharan Africa, having a reddish-brown coat with white markings, and spirally twisted horns in the male.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given to several species of the genus Tragelaphus, especially to T. sylvaticus, an antelope of Caffraria and Cape Colony, 4 feet long and 2½ feet high, with triangular subspiral horns.
- noun The harnessed antelope, Tragelaphus pictus; also, the rare T. bor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun antelope with white harnesslike markings and twisted horns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) that is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. - noun informal Occasionally used for any relatives of above that share its inhabitant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bushbuck is the smallest, and is found over nearly all of East
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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Its varied diet ranges from larger animals such as bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), and bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) to smaller animals including mice.
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The only antelopes to survive are species such as bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), red duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) and blue duiker (Cephalophus monticola), which live hidden in dense vegetation.
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There are also is an isolated population of the Cape dassie Procavia capensis, also tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis; and bush pig Potamochoerus porcus, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus, bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, Maxwell's duiker Cephalophus maxwelli and black duiker C. niger, bay duiker C. dorsalis and forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
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A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view.
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A startled bushbuck flew through the vegetable patch and out to the drive.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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A startled bushbuck flew through the vegetable patch and out to the drive.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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In addition, there are bushpig Potamochoerus larvatus, giant forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, yellowbacked and blackfronted duiker Cephalophus sylvicultor and C. nigrifrons.
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The most frequently encountered mammals above the treeline are Kilimanjaro tree hyrax Dendrohyrax validus (VU), grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia and eland Taurotragus oryx, which occur in the moorland, with bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus and red duiker Cephalophus natalensis being found above the treeline in places, and buffalo Syncerus caffer occasionally moves out of the forest into the moorland and grassland.
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In the woodlands are warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, sitatunga T. spekei, grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia, impala Aepyceros melampus and Kirk's dikdik Madoqua kirkii.
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