Hartebeest

Quick meaning: Hartebeest is a noun meaning A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Meaning

A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Example Sentences

Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten.

Immense troops of elephants roamed the coastlands and the thorns; lions and panthers lurked in the kloofs and among broken ground; elands, hartebeesten, and other antelopes swarmed in the veld; and hippopotami and crocodiles abounded in the rivers.

Here all kinds of animals are found, viz., lions, rhinoceroses, horses (zebras), ostriches and hartebeesten in multitudes, there being always good water and grass here. […] We also saw 13 horses (zebras), 5 rhinoceroses, some ostriches and thousands of hartebeesten. […] A little further on I encountered a herd of hartebeesten, four of which I wounded, though I only secured one, which I laid on one of the oxen.

Word Forms

• hartebeests
• hartebeesten

Synonyms for hartebeest

Depending on context, synonyms include kaama.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gnu, tora, hartbeest, hartbees, konze, bubal.

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