hartebeest

/hahr-tuh-beest, hahrt-beest/US // ˈhɑr təˌbist, ˈhɑrtˌbist //UK // (ˈhɑːtɪˌbiːst) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural har·te·beests, har·te·beest.
- : any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
- : any of several related African antelopes, as certain species of the genus Damaliscus.

We met one man who goes out ten minutes from town every other day and kills a kongoni (hartebeest) as food for his dogs.
The “Hartebeest-house” is a hut of rude construction, the usual materials being reeds and grass with a plastering of mud.
They were antelopes of course—that species known among Cape colonists as the “hartebeest.”
He appeared rather to be running harder that they, as if sent forward to push the hartebeest, while the rest saved their wind.
A branch of the Koranas—those of the valley of the Hartebeest River—deserves particular attention.