bushbuck
noun
bush·buck
ˈbu̇sh-ˌbək 
plural bushbuck or bushbucks
: a small African striped antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) especially of sub-Saharan forests that has spirally twisted horns in the male
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Within weeks, the lions were thriving; killing warthogs, bushbuck, and puku, gaining weight, and displaying the social cohesion critical for survival.
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Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Paradise flycatchers fervently follow kudu and bushbuck, feeding on mosquitoes and other flying insects that mill around the antelope.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Elephants walk by for a drink, while bushbuck and warthogs linger around casually as part of the family.
—Deborah Calmeyer, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
They are known to hunt and eat smaller animals such as monkeys or bushbucks.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Federal officials said inspectors identified the skins were from bushbucks, a species of antelope in sub-Saharan Africa, and from genets and civets, small catlike mammals.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
In Gorongosa, the dogs target bushbuck, impala and waterbuck, surrounding the prey, grabbing at legs, nose and hindquarters, disemboweling it from below.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2019
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Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Paradise flycatchers fervently follow kudu and bushbuck, feeding on mosquitoes and other flying insects that mill around the antelope.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Elephants walk by for a drink, while bushbuck and warthogs linger around casually as part of the family.
—Deborah Calmeyer, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
They are known to hunt and eat smaller animals such as monkeys or bushbucks.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Federal officials said inspectors identified the skins were from bushbucks, a species of antelope in sub-Saharan Africa, and from genets and civets, small catlike mammals.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
In Gorongosa, the dogs target bushbuck, impala and waterbuck, surrounding the prey, grabbing at legs, nose and hindquarters, disemboweling it from below.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2019
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