waterbuck

/ˈwɔtərˌbʌk/

Other forms: waterbucks

Definitions of waterbuck

1. noun

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

   Kobus kob, kob

   an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa

   Kobus leche, lechwe

   tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species

   type of:

   antelope

   graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks