Definition of bushbuck
bushbuck
orbushbucks
: a small African striped antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) especially of sub-Saharan forests that has spirally twisted horns in the male
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There are also buffalo and small antelope like puku and bushbuck.
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Origin and Etymology of bushbuck
translation of Afrikaans bosbok
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