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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.

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[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).]

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hartebeest

Noun

a large African antelope with curved horns and a fawn-coloured coat [Dutch]

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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