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Definition: hartebest
Hartbeest
\Hart"beest`\, Hartebeest
\Har"te*beest`\(-b[=e]st`),
n. [D. hertebeest. See
Hart, and
Beast.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Any anteleope of the genus
Alcelaphus and certain
species of
Darnaliscus.
[PJC]