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Webster 1913 Edition

Rietboc

Riet′boc

,

Noun.

[D.

riet

reed +

bok

buck.]

(Zool.)

The reedbuck, a South African antelope (

Cervicapra arundinacea

); – so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also

inghalla

, and

rietbok

.