Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large African antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) that inhabits grasslands near water, having a shaggy coat and curved, ridged horns in the male.
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- noun A
species ofantelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are two kinds of waterbuck that the East African hunter will find in the course of his travels, the common waterbuck which we saw in such numbers on the Tana River, and the Defassa, or "sing-sing" waterbuck, which is found in the higher altitudes up toward the Mau escarpment and
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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In one part will be found the large cob, almost the size of a waterbuck, which is called Mrs. Gray's cob, in honor of the wife of one of the former keepers in the London zoo; in another part is the species known as Vaughan's cob, and in still other parts are the dusky cob, the puku cob, the lechwi cob, the black lechwi, the Uganda cob and Buffon's cob.
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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Other mammals found here include elephants, lions, forest buffaloes, warthogs, and a variety of antelopes such as waterbuck, reedbuck, common duiker, and even the swamp-dwelling sitatunga, the most aquatic of the antelopes.
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The word "waterbuck" was omitted because he assumed that everybody at home would know that a "sing-sing" was a species of waterbuck, wherein he was mistaken, for comparatively few people in America know what a sing-sing is, or, for that matter, what a topi is, or what a Uganda cob is.
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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Get your cute fix on with these amazing photos of an adorable baby gorilla, endearing tiger cubs and lovable waterbuck calf.
PHOTOS: This Week's Best In Animals -- Baby Gorilla, Tiger Cubs, Painting Sea Lion & More Joanna Zelman 2011
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While trying to get close to a heard of waterbuck; I belly crawled right into a black mamba who looked me in the face and after an eternity took off in the other direction.
whats the closest call you have ever had hunting like a bear charging, 2009
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Get your cute fix on with these amazing photos of an adorable baby gorilla, endearing tiger cubs and lovable waterbuck calf.
PHOTOS: This Week's Best In Animals -- Baby Gorilla, Tiger Cubs, Painting Sea Lion & More Joanna Zelman 2011
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While trying to get close to a heard of waterbuck; I belly crawled right into a black mamba who looked me in the face and after an eternity took off in the other direction.
whats the closest call you have ever had hunting like a bear charging, 2009
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Get your cute fix on with these amazing photos of an adorable baby gorilla, endearing tiger cubs and lovable waterbuck calf.
PHOTOS: This Week's Best In Animals -- Baby Gorilla, Tiger Cubs, Painting Sea Lion & More Joanna Zelman 2011
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Get your cute fix on with these amazing photos of an adorable baby gorilla, endearing tiger cubs and lovable waterbuck calf.
PHOTOS: This Week's Best In Animals -- Baby Gorilla, Tiger Cubs, Painting Sea Lion & More Joanna Zelman 2011
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But where does it stop?
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