HARTBEEST

hartbeest. Hartbeest, n. a species of gazell, cervine antelope

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Hart″beest′ (–bēst′), n. [[D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.]] (Zoöl.) 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.]