hartebeests
- plural of hartebeest.
Example Sentences
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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
Here I saw a herd of hartebeests, giraffes, and other animals, giving to the scene a truly African character.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
In the meanwhile a good opportunity offered for rounding up the herd of hartebeests in the plain below and driving them up the hillside to the cameras.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
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
