reedbuck

[ reed-buhk ]

noun

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

1. any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.

reedbuck

/ ˈriːdˌbʌk /

noun

1. any antelope of the genus Redunca , of Africa south of the Sahara, having a buff-coloured coat and inward-curving horns

Word History and Origins

Origin of reedbuck¹

1825–35; translation of Afrikaans rietbok

Example Sentences

She had seen many kinds of antelope: waterbuck, duikers, bushbuck, reedbuck, and a few large kudu, whose harsh bark sometimes rang through the forest.

From Literature

Herbivores were the first to bounce back in post-conflict Gorongosa, and today the park pulses with more than 100,000 of them: blue wildebeest, buffalo, impala, hippo, waterbuck, reedbuck, elephant, eland, nyala, oribi, the hauntingly beautiful sable, the disturbingly furry bushpig.

From New York Times

Wildlife habitat The valley is home to buffalo, baboon, bushpig, crocodile, eland, elephant, hartebeest, puku antelope, reedbuck, sable, waterbuck, weaver bird and zebra.

From The Guardian

In London, Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton read to the House of Commons a secret Mau Mau oath: "When the reedbuck horn is blown, if I leave the European farm before killing the European owner, may this oath kill me."

From Time Magazine Archive

Beryl used to rip out the quivering stomachs of freshly slain reedbuck to feed her dogs.

From Time Magazine Archive