Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
water-buck .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A water buck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun South Africa A
waterbuck .
Etymologies
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Afrikaans waterbok
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Examples
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There was certainly no chance of their catching the rest of the waterbok, which, dashing down to the river, swam across, and were half-way up the opposite bank before the horsemen had reached the brink.
Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Presently, as they rounded a thicket, up sprang just before them a herd of waterbok.
Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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They were soon joined by Gozo, who had thrown the second waterbok killed by Lionel across his horse.
Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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