blesbuck

[ bles-buhk ]

noun

, plural bles·bucks, (especially collectively) bles·buck.

1. blesbok.

Example Sentences

There is probably some connexion between the foregoing rule and the circumstance that the female of the antelope of the desert,—the oryx, the hartebeest and the blesbuck—is horned more or less as the male is, whereas the females of the forest dwellers,—the bushbuck, the koodoo and the impala—are hornless.

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But how large the spoor was; it suggested blesbuck rather than springbuck.

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I remember a locality called "Leeuw Dooms" where blesbuck, wildebeeste, and quagga were in almost incredible abundance.

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Yes, there stood a small herd of blesbuck; they were not more than eighty yards away.

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I shot several blesbuck and wildebeeste, I am sorry to say, for the gratification of mere lust of slaughter, as I could not possibly carry away the meat.

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