Le·che n. See water buck, under 3d Buck.

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 Wa·ter buck Zool. A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.
 Note: ☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (Kobus leche), which has similar habits.

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 Buck n.
 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
 Note: ☞ A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind.
 2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
    The leading bucks of the day.   --Thackeray.
 3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.]
 Note: ☞ The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck.
 Blue buck. See under Blue.
 Water buck, a South African variety of antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.