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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



... them, but they never attacked us, and we were too much afraid to fire at them. Once we met one face to face. We had killed an antelope called a hartebeest, and, with our muskets on our shoulders, were running to secure it. Just as we came up to the spot, we beard a roar, and found ourselves not ten yards from a lion, who was lying on the top of the beast we had killed, his eyes flashing fire at us, and half raising himself, ...
— Masterman Ready • Captain Marryat


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


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