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waterbuck

wa·ter·buck

uncommon

noun

1.

any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers

Origin

From Afrikaans waterbok, after the animal's habit of escaping to waterways.

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