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Found 2 hits - Term: water buck, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
water buck \wa"ter buck`\ zool.
   a large, heavy antelope kobus ellipsiprymnus native of
   central africa. it frequents the banks of rivers and is a
   good swimmer. it has a white ring around the rump. called
   also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.
   1913 webster

   note: the name is also applied to other related species, as
         the leche kobus leche, which has similar habits.
         1913 webster
see also:
kobus ellipsiprymnus photomok water antelope waterbok kobus leche 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
buck \buck\ bu^k, n. oe. buk, bucke, as. bucca, bua,
   he-goat; akin to d. bok, ohg. pocch, g. bock, ir. boc, w.
   bwch, corn. byk; cf. zend b=uza, skr. bukka. root256. cf.
   butcher, n.
   1. the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or
      of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
      1913 webster

   note: a male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year;
         a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore
         in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth;
         and a great buck in his sixth. the female of the fallow
         deer is termed a doe. the male of the red deer is
         termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is
         called a hind. --brande  c.
         1913 webster

   2. a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
      1913 webster

            the leading bucks of the day.         --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   3. a male indian or negro. colloq. u.s.
      1913 webster

   note: the word buck is much used in composition for the names
         of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck.
         1913 webster

   blue buck. see under blue.

   water buck, a south african variety of antelope kobus
      ellipsiprymnus. see illust. of antelope.
      1913 webster
see also:
butcher blue buck blue water buck kobus ellipsiprymnus antelope 


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