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LECHWE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lechwe mean? 

LECHWE (noun)
  The noun LECHWE has 1 sense:

1. tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened speciesplay

  Familiarity information: LECHWE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LECHWE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Kobus leche; lechwe

Hypernyms ("lechwe" is a kind of...):

waterbuck (any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers)


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