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Webster 1913 Edition

Hartebeest

Hart′beestˊ

,

Har′te-beestˊ

(-bēstˊ)

,

Noun.

[D.

hertebeest

. See

, and

.]

1.

(Zool.)

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

.]

Definition 2024

hartebeest

hartebeest

English

Red Hartebeest

Noun

hartebeest ‎(plural hartebeest or hartebeests)

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa

Synonyms

kaama

Translations

Alcelaphus bucelaphus

Afrikaans: hartebees
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狷羚 ‎(juànlíng), 麋羚 ‎(mílíng)
Dutch: hartenbeest n
French: bubale roux (fr) m, bubale (fr) m
German: Kuhantilope f
Hadza: qqeléakho
Irish: hartaibéist f

Japanese: ハーテビースト ‎(hātebīsuto)
Navajo: jádí biniiʼtsʼózí
Portuguese: hartebeest m, veado-do-cabo m, caama m
Russian: буба́л m ‎(bubál), коро́вья антило́па f ‎(koróvʹja antilópa)
Spanish: alcelafo m, bubal m, ñu rojo m
Swahili: kongoni
Tswana: kgama
Zulu: indluzele

Portuguese

Noun

hartebeest m (plural hartebeests)

hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus, an African antelope)

Synonyms

veado-do-cabo, caama