sitatunga

American  

[sit-uh-toong-uh] / ˌsɪt əˈtʊŋ ə /

Or situtunga

noun

1. an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.

---

sitatunga British  

/ ˌsɪtəˈtʊŋɡə /

noun

1. another name for marshbuck

---

Etymology

Origin of sitatunga

1880–85; said to be < Lozi, Subiya, or Tonga (Bantu languages of W Zambia)

Example Sentences

Here, two days earlier, I had seen the lion in a walk-in freezer, alongside trays of rats, a sitatunga, and a severed giraffe leg, upright in a corner.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

The next day, a girl of four and her parents came upon a similar scene, following the dissection of a sitatunga.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Quite a number of these species, like the sable antelope, kudu, Hunter's antelope, bongo and sitatunga are already rare, and therefore they are all the more eagerly sought.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple