hartebeest
Americannoun
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any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
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any of several related African antelopes, as certain species of the genus Damaliscus.
noun
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either of two large African antelopes, Alcelaphus buselaphus or A. lichtensteini, having an elongated muzzle, lyre-shaped horns, and a fawn-coloured coat
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any similar and related animal, such as Damaliscus hunteri ( Hunter's hartebeest )
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Etymology
Origin of hartebeest
From Afrikaans, dating back to 1780–90; see origin at hart, beast
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Warthogs, wild dogs and horse-like antelopes known as hartebeest frequently wind up as road kill.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2019
I scanned the long, high-ceilinged room and located the spot with the closest penguin views: front-right corner, by the Hunter’s hartebeest.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2016
"I shot a nice red hartebeest," Jerry Emhoff, a resident of Watervliet, Michigan, said of one day's hunting.
From US News ● Sep. 2, 2015
Environmental change and rates of evolution: the phylogeographic pattern within the hartebeest complex as related to climatic variation.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2014
In the distant interior, in the big wagon, or in some temporary hartebeest house of reeds and clay, had the family of this sturdy pair been reared around them.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
Driven by drought, a procession of game in stretched, incredible battalions passes the tents on the Serengetti plains—first zebras, then hartebeests, buck, cheetahs, gazelles, giraffes, rhinos, wild dogs, all superbly photographed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Giraffes, hyenas and baboons abounded, along with now extinct giant horses and hartebeests and buffalo with 13-ft. horn spans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The camera faithfully recorded the doings of elephants, giraffes, zebras, hartebeests, gnus, antelopes of several species, wart-hogs and baboons.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
The long face, high crest for the horns, which are ringed, lyrate and more or less strongly angulated, and the moderately long tail, are the distinctive features of the hartebeests.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
A strange suspicion entered the mind of Von Bloom, and, calling upon them to saddle the quaggas, he, with Hans and Hendrik, rode off towards the place where the hartebeests had been last seen.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne
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