GUIB

bushbuck, guib, Tragelaphus scriptus

(noun) antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Guib, n. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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