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Definition of Blackbuck

1. Noun. Common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns.

Definition of Blackbuck

1. Noun. An Indian antelope, ''Antilope cervicapra'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackbuck

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbuck

Literary usage of Blackbuck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"blackbuck or INDIAN ANTELOPE (Antilope ... the extent of the latter has been gradually whittled down until it comprises the Indian blackbuck alone. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"In India itself, the well known blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), ... The average weight of a blackbuck is about 85 Ibs. ; the longest horn measurement ..."

3. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"blackbuck. A familiar Indian one is the blackbuck (Hindoo, sasin) in which the bucks are ... This blackbuck is the special object of sport with the cheeta. ..."

4. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1999)
"However, it was now the monsoon period, with considerable numbers of blackbuck migrating into the reserve to take advantage of the fresh grazing, ..."

5. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: With by Harald G. C. Swayne (1903)
"They are, I think, the most stupid and easy to shoot of all Somali antelopes, and their habits are identical with those of the Indian blackbuck, ..."

6. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"The bucks with a herd will often be seen fighting or chasing each other about at speed as blackbuck do. Solitary bucks are sometimes found far from any herd ..."

7. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"blackbuck or INDIAN ANTELOPE (Antilope ... the extent of the latter has been gradually whittled down until it comprises the Indian blackbuck alone. ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"In India itself, the well known blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), ... The average weight of a blackbuck is about 85 Ibs. ; the longest horn measurement ..."

9. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"blackbuck. A familiar Indian one is the blackbuck (Hindoo, sasin) in which the bucks are ... This blackbuck is the special object of sport with the cheeta. ..."

10. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1999)
"However, it was now the monsoon period, with considerable numbers of blackbuck migrating into the reserve to take advantage of the fresh grazing, ..."

11. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: With by Harald G. C. Swayne (1903)
"They are, I think, the most stupid and easy to shoot of all Somali antelopes, and their habits are identical with those of the Indian blackbuck, ..."

12. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"The bucks with a herd will often be seen fighting or chasing each other about at speed as blackbuck do. Solitary bucks are sometimes found far from any herd ..."

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