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Hartebeest   Listen
noun
Hartebeest, Hartbeest  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. (Written also hartebeest, and hartebest)
2.
Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain species of Darnaliscus.





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"Hartebeest" Quotes from Famous Books



... kinds, and spend a good deal of time digging them up; they chew woody roots and branches as thick as the handle of a spade. Many buffaloes feed here, and we viewed a herd of elands; they kept out of bow-shot only: a herd of the baama or hartebeest stood at 200 paces, and ...
— The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 • David Livingstone


Words linked to "Hartebeest" :   Alcelaphus, antelope, genus Alcelaphus


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