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bubal

bubal noun: an extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa.

Noun

bubal (plural bubals)

  1. An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa.
    • The bubal hartebeest, which is the typical representative of the group with U-shaped horns, is the smallest of all the species, and a native of North Africa, where it is known from the interior of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, while it formerly extended into Egypt.1908, Richard Lydekker, The Game Animals of Africa, page 95

Forms of bubal

pluralbubals

Questions about bubal

What does bubal mean?
Bubal means an extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa.
What part of speech is bubal?
Bubal is a noun.
What is the plural of bubal?
The plural of bubal is bubals.

Words near bubal in the dictionary

  1. buaze
  2. bub
  3. buba
  4. bubah
  5. bubahs
  6. bubal
  7. bubale
  8. bubales
  9. bubaline
  10. bubals
  11. Bubaque

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