blackbuck

noun black·buck \ˈblak-ˌbək\

Definition of BLACKBUCK

: an antelope (Antilope cervicapra) native to India and adjacent regions in which the male has spirally twisted horns and a chiefly dark brown coat and the female a chiefly yellowish-fawn coat

First Known Use of BLACKBUCK

1850

Rhymes with BLACKBUCK

amok, awestruck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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