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hartebeest

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Noun
 : 
har=te=beest

CIDE DICTIONARY

hartebeestn. 
     large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward.  [WordNet 1.5]
hartebeestn. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain species of Darnaliscus.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hartebeest, n. any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, with ringed horns bent back at the tips.

Etymology
Afrik. f. Du. hert HART + beest BEAST

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