bushbuck

Questions about bushbuck

What does bushbuck mean?

bushbuck means "antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns".

How many syllables are in bushbuck?

bushbuck has 2 syllables and divides as bush-buck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bushbuck?

Close synonyms include guib, Tragelaphus scriptus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bushbuck a common word?

bushbuck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.