lechwe
(ˈliːtʃwiː)
Also lechwre, leshwe, letchwe, letshewe, lechwi, leechwe, leche.
[Sechuana: cf. Sesuto letsa antelope.]
A South African water-buck, Kobus leche.
| 1857 Livingstone Trav. iii. 71 We discovered an entirely new species of antelope called leche or lechwi. It is a beautiful water-antelope of a light brownish-yellow colour. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 247 My driver told me..that he was a man who could shoot a leche ram. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. Holub's Seven Yrs. S. Afr. II. vi. 128 The letshewes were larger and the pukus smaller than blessbocks, and both, like all water bucks, had shaggy, light brown hair, and horns bent forward. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 450 The graceful water-loving leechwe antelopes. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 3/1 The haunts of the jacana, of the waders in general, and of the Lechwe and Situtunga. 1915 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 701/2 The lechwre is remarkable for its waterloving characteristics. 1920 United Free Ch. Miss. Rec. Aug. 138/1 The letchwe is an antelope much addicted to knee-deep water. 1936 P. M. Clark Autobiogr. Old Drifter x. 131 My first buck..was a large lechwe with beautiful curved horns. 1946 Cape Times 7 Aug., Herds of elephant up to 80 strong were seen, as well as..the rare letchwe and puku buck. 1949 Ibid. 30 July 5/5 An expedition..has found many specimens in the Caprivi Strip, including..three genets, seven leshwe, one putu, [etc.]. 1969 Times 24 Oct. (Zambian Suppl.) p. xi/2 One of the rarest species of game in the world, the black lechwe antelope, is faced with extinction. 1972 Nature 7 Apr. 265/1 He further suggested that..the Okavango and Caprivi be set aside for species such as lechwe, puku and sitatungu. |