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hartbees

hartbees is the alternative form of hartebeest.

Meaning of hartebeest

Noun

hartebeest (plural hartebeest or hartebeests or (rare) hartebeesten)

  1. A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.
    • Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten.1842 February 16, O. P. Q., “New Zealand and the Cape”, in The New Zealand Journal, volume III, London: […] Henry Hobbs Chambers, […], page 46, column 1
    Synonyms:
    kaama

Questions about hartbees

What is hartbees the alternative form of?
Hartbees is the alternative form of hartebeest.

Words near hartbees in the dictionary

  1. hart's pennyroyal
  2. hart's tongue
  3. hart's tongues
  4. hartal
  5. hartals
  6. hartbees
  7. hartbeest
  8. hartbeests
  9. Hartburn
  10. Hartcher
  11. Hartcliffe

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