HARTEBEEST


Meaning of HARTEBEEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhär-tə-ˌbēst ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.