eland (redirected from common elands)

e·land  (lnd)

n. pl. eland also e·lands

Either of two large African antelopes (Taurotragus oryx or T. derbianus) having a light brown or grayish coat and spirally twisted horns.

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[Afrikaans, from Dutch, elk, from obsolete German Elend, of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian élnias, deer.]

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eland [ˈiːlənd]

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large spiral-horned antelope, Taurotragus oryx, inhabiting bushland in eastern and southern Africa. It has a dewlap and a hump on the shoulders and is light brown with vertical white stripes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

giant eland a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa

[via Afrikaans from Dutch eland elk; related to Old Slavonic jeleni stag, Greek ellos fawn]

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eland - either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus - African antelopes: elands common eland, Taurotragus oryx - dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa giant eland, Taurotragus derbianus - large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa