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hartebeest

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har·te·beest  (härt-bst, härtbst)
n. pl. har·te·beests or hartebeest
Any of various large African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus, characterized by a reddish-brown coat and ringed, outward-curving horns.
[Obsolete Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch, variant of hertebeest : hert, deer; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots + beest, beast (from Old French beste; see beast).]
hartebeest
Noun
a large African antelope with curved horns and a fawn-coloured coat [Dutch]
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Noun1.hartebeest - a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Alcelaphus, genus Alcelaphus - African antelopes: hartebeests


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Beyond, grazing herds of zebra, hartebeest, and topi dotted the level landscape, while closer to the river a bull buffalo, his head and shoulders protruding from the reeds watched the advancing blacks for a moment, only to turn at last and disappear into the safety of his dank and gloomy retreat.
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