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bastard hartebeest

bastard hartebeest noun: the sassaby.

Noun

bastard hartebeest (plural bastard hartebeests or bastard hartebeest)

  1. The sassaby.
    • We saw a small herd of sassadybies, or bastard hartebeesten, and in getting a long shot at one of them I passed so close to a leopard or panther, that I might have killed it, had I seen it before it escaped.1871 August 20, [Thomas] Baines, quotee, “Exploration. Exploration and Hunting in South Africa.”, in The Australasian, volume XII, number 323, Melbourne, Vic., published 8 June 1872, page 710, column...

Forms of bastard hartebeest

pluralbastard hartebeests
pluralbastard hartebeest

Questions about bastard hartebeest

What does bastard hartebeest mean?
Bastard hartebeest means the sassaby.
What part of speech is bastard hartebeest?
Bastard hartebeest is a noun.
What is the plural of bastard hartebeest?
The plural of bastard hartebeest is bastard hartebeests.

Words near bastard hartebeest in the dictionary

  1. bastard gemsboks
  2. bastard gumwood
  3. bastard gumwoods
  4. bastard halibut
  5. bastard halibuts
  6. bastard hartebeest
  7. bastard hartebeests
  8. bastard hemp
  9. bastard hogberry
  10. bastard horn snake
  11. bastard ironwood

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