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hartbeest

hartbeest 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

Forms of hartbeest

pluralhartbeests

Questions about hartbeest

What is hartbeest the alternative form of?
Hartbeest is the alternative form of hartebeest.

Words near hartbeest in the dictionary

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

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