hartebeest

noun (a hartebeest; plural hartebeest or hartebeests)

«hartebeest» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A large African antelope with a long face, a sloping back and curved horns, living on grassy plains. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons on African animals and the savanna food chain: hartebeest eat grass and are hunted by lions, leopards and hyenas. In Kipling's Just So Stories («How the Leopard Got His Spots») the Giraffe, the Zebra and the Eland live on the High Veldt with the hartebeest, and the Leopard hunts them.

Examples

The hartebeest grazed on the dry plain. tree →
A lion crept towards a herd of hartebeest. tree →
Hartebeest have long faces and curved horns. tree →
In the Just So Story, the Leopard hunted on the High Veldt. tree →
Hartebeest can run very fast to escape. tree →
We saw a hartebeest at the safari park. tree →

Note

Pronounced HAR-tuh-beest. From Afrikaans «hartbees», old Dutch for «deer beast». Plural is often the same: two hartebeest.

On Mova

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