an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
Also called: sitatunga
sitatunga in American English
(ˌsɪtəˈtuŋə)
noun
an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa
Also: situtunga. Also called: marsh buck
Word origin
[1880–85; said to be ‹ Lozi, Subiya, or Tonga (Bantu languages of W Zambia)]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, quotation mark, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'sitatunga' in a sentence
sitatunga
Africa's sitatunga is a swamp-dwelling species of which mammal?