HARTEBEEST

[harte.beest] n [obs. Afrik (now hartbees), fr. D, fr. hart deer + beest beast] (1786): either of two large African antelopes (Alcelaphus buselaphus and Sigmoceros lichtensteini) with long faces and short annulate divergent horns; also: a smaller antelope (Damaliscus hunteri syn. Beatragus hunteri) of eastern Africa having a horizontal white line between the eyes