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sitatunga

UK/sɪtəˈtʌŋɡə/

sitatunga noun: the marsh buck, Tragelaphus spekeii.

Noun

sitatunga (plural sitatungas)

  1. The marsh buck, Tragelaphus spekeii.
    • ‘There's plenty here,’ he grunts, nodding at the bloated carcasses of two hartebeests and a sitatunga.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 148

Forms of sitatunga

pluralsitatungas
alternative formsitutunga

Origin of sitatunga

From Swahili.

Questions about sitatunga

What does sitatunga mean?
Sitatunga means the marsh buck, Tragelaphus spekeii.
What part of speech is sitatunga?
Sitatunga is a noun.
How do you pronounce sitatunga?
Sitatunga is pronounced /sɪtəˈtʌŋɡə/ (UK).
What is the plural of sitatunga?
The plural of sitatunga is sitatungas.

Words near sitatunga in the dictionary

  1. sitarists
  2. sitarlike
  3. Sitarmaker
  4. Sitarmakers
  5. sitars
  6. sitatunga
  7. sitatungas
  8. sitaxentan
  9. sitch
  10. sitches
  11. Sitchin

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