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Hartebeest   Listen
noun
Hartebeest, Hartbeest  n.  
1.
(Zool.) 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. (Written also hartebeest, and hartebest)
2.
Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain species of Darnaliscus.





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"Hartebeest" Quotes from Famous Books



... small antelopes; and as game abounds, so also do lions abound. The early morning is the time when most of these creatures go out to feed, and we strained our eyes as soon as there was light enough to make them out from the car windows. But beyond some wild pig and hartebeest, and a few of the smaller antelopes, nothing could be discerned upon the pastures or among the tree clumps. Perhaps the creatures have begun to learn that the railroad brings their enemies, and keep far away ...
— Impressions of South Africa • James Bryce


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