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reedbuck

noun reed·buck \ˈrēd-ˌbək\
plural reedbuck also reedbucks

Definition of REEDBUCK

:  any of a genus (Redunca) of fawn-colored African antelopes in which the males have curved and ridged horns
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First Known Use of REEDBUCK

1834

Rhymes with REEDBUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, 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, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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