lechwe

[leech-wee]

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noun

an African antelope, Kobus leche, related to the waterbuck, inhabiting wet, grassy plains: a threatened species.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lechwe¹

1855–60; probably < Sesotho lets'a

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Example Sentences

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They are made from the skin of a lechwe antelope by the Batwa men and worn by the women or used by the women to protect their babies from the elements.

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The Delta is also the global stronghold for the red lechwe, a water-loving antelope.

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Posterity will judge our generation harshly for having been responsible for depletions of rhinos, black lechwes and other species.”

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The Nile lechwe, an antelope, is believed to be suffering in captivity because zoos are allocating less space to rare hoofed species.

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Walesa, Lech Le Cid

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