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Look up: Hartebeest

  1. hartebeest
    [n] - large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
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  2. hartebeest
    noun a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  3. hartebeest
    (genus Alcelaphus), either of two swift, slender antelopes, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), found in herds on open plains and scrublands of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/20

  4. hartebeest
    hartebeest (här'tibēst") , large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus. The hartebeest resembles a horse with horns. It has a very long face and a small hump between the shoulders; its coat is fawn or reddish and its ringed horns curve up and inward in a U shape. Most kinds of ...
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  5. Hartebeest
    The hartebeest (Alcelaphus) is a south African antelope which measures about 1.5 metres high at the shoulder, has a long head, horns projecting outwards and backwards, black marks on the face and legs, a white mark on the rump and a bushy tail. They are generally found in small herds.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  6. hartebeest
    Large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns set close on top of the head in both sexes. It can grow to 1.5 m/5 ft tall at the rather humped shoulders and up to 2 m/6 ft long. Although they are clumsy-looking runners, hartebeest can reach speeds of 65 kph/40 mph. (Species Alcelaphus buselaphus, family Bovidae...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  7. Hartebeest
    :"Kongoni" redirects here. For the free GNU/Linux distribution, see Kongoni (Operating System). The `hartebeest` (`Alcelaphus buselaphus`) is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. It is one of the three species classified in the genus ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartebeest

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