Definitions for hartebeest

hartebeest har·te·beest

Spelling: [hahr-tuh-beest, hahrt-beest]
IPA: /ˈhɑr təˌbist, ˈhɑrtˌbist/

Hartebeest is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in hartebeest (abeeehrstt).

Definitions for hartebeest

noun

  1. any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
  2. any of several related African antelopes, as certain species of the genus Damaliscus.

Origin of hartebeest

From Afrikaans, dating back to 1780-90; See origin at hart, beast

Examples for hartebeest

They are very fond of hartebeest, zebra, rhino, and especially hippo.

They commence with a section or sub-family of which the type is the hartebeest.

When we was ridin' after that hartebeest to-day he comes out with it.

"Cokei" is the name given the hartebeest discovered by Coke, and so on.

"hartebeest, bushbuck and antelope," replied the explorer calmly.

With so strong a party it was easy to drive the antelope, so hartebeest and eland meat was plentiful in the camp.

A herd of hartebeest came cantering along, the leader pausing within ten paces of the clump where he lay hid.

He came upon six hyenas devouring a hartebeest, and brought me its skull and horns.

Shy and timid, the hartebeest moved along in herds seldom exceeding ten in number, ever led by some old and cautious buck.

Great numbers of Coke's hartebeest watched us with humorous interest.

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