Hartebeest

//ˈhɑːtəbiːst// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

    "Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten."

  2. 2
    a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward wordnet

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animalantelopearmadillobatbuckcamel

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"Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten."

Etymology

From early Afrikaans hartebeest (now hartebees), from Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + Dutch beest (“beast”).

Related phrases

Coke's hartebeestJackson's hartebeestLelwel hartebeestNeumann's hartebeestSwayne's hartebeestbastard hartebeesttora hartebeest

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