n.
Pronunciation: ' här-t ə - ˌ b ē st
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete Afrikaans (now hartbees ), from Dutch, from hart deer + beest beast
Date: 1786
: either of two large African antelopes ( Alcelaphus buselaphus and Sigmoceros lichtensteinii ) with long faces and short annulate divergent horns also : a smaller antelope ( Damaliscus hunteri ) of eastern Africa having a horizontal white line between the eyes