hartebeest
noun
any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
hartebeests
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pluralof hartebeest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
Having made for these, they turned out to be hartebeests.
From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming
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 William Temple Hornaday
Although neither of these keep company with their own congeners they yet live socially with one another, both also herding at times with springboks, hartebeests, and ostriches.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
