3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hartebeest noun: a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: hartebeest \hartebeest\ n. 1. large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: 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}.] 2. Any anteleope of the genus {Alcelaphus} and certain species of {Darnaliscus}. [PJC]

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