bubal
nounUK /ˈbjuːbəl/
US /ˈbjuːbəl/
A bubal is a big animal like a cow with long horns that lives in Africa.
The bubal stood quietly by the water and drank.
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2. A type of large wild ox once found in North Africa.
Ancient hunters painted the bubal on cave walls.
3. Another name for the bubal hartebeest, an extinct antelope.
The bubal disappeared from the wild long ago.
4. A horned animal mentioned in old stories and travel books.
The traveler wrote about a bubal with curved horns.