Definition of "lechwe" []

• Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Midbite into an ostrich burger at lunch one day, I watched the vanguard of an elephant herd emerge onto the lagoon shore, about 100 yards away, and each evening I trained my binoculars on the red lechwe gathered in the shallows, their russet coats burnished by the sun's slanting rays."
• "Approximately 3,000 red lechwe (Kobus leche), move eastwards from Liuwa Plain to the Zambezi floodplain in the dry season."
• "For example, black lechwe (Kobus leche smithermani), tsessebe, and sitatunga dominate the Bangweulu basin, while the Kafue lechwe and Burchell's zebra are amongst the most prominent herbivores in Kafue Flats."