"bubal" meaning in All languages combined

See bubal on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bubals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bubal (plural bubals)
  1. An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa. Categories (lifeform): Alcelaphine antelopes

Inflected forms

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