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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