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waterbuck
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n. A species of antelope endemic to Africa, (taxlink Kobus ellipsiprymnus species noshow=1).
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The waterbuck ( Kobus ellipsiprymnus ) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa . It is placed in the genus Kobus of the family Bovidae . It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833. The thirteen subspecies are grouped ...
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n. any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
Usage examples of waterbuck.
And not just the big fivethe elephant, rhinoceros, leopard, lion, and cape buffalobut also predators and prey of every ilk: the Nile crocodile, hippo, cheetah, hyena, wildebeest, jackal, giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, kudu, impala, reedbuck, warthog, baboons.
In addition to the waterbucks that had fled Lake Kiboko, I saw gazelles, wildebeest, zebras, and ungainly giraffids with antlers like massive human pelvises.
Agia sat in a canvas chair, and I (very tired, I confess) threw myself down beside Dorcas on a couch made of leather and the linked horns of lechwes and waterbucks.
Along the rivers, in the forest and in the open were the herds of game: impala twisting and leaping away at the first approach with their crumpled horns laid back, kudu with big ears and soft eyes, black sable antelope with white bellies and horns curved like a naval cutlass, zebra trotting with the dignity of fat ponies, while about them frolicked their companions, the gnu, waterbuck, nyala, roan antelope and, at last, elephant.
As the surviving waterbucks bolted in terror for open country, the croc's viselike jaws dragged the calf into deeper water.