| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hartebeest |
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| SYLLABICATION: | har·te·beest |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  här t -b st , härtbst |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. har·te·beests or hartebeest
Any of various large African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus, characterized by a reddish-brown coat and ringed, outward-curving horns. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch, variant of hertebeest : hert, deer; see ker-1 in Appendix I + beest, beast (from Old French beste; see beast).
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