har|te|beest

har|te|beest
har|te|beest «HAHR tuh BEEST, HAHRT BEEST», noun, plural -beests or (collectively) -beest.
1. either one of two kinds of large, swift African antelopes of the same genus, with ringed, curved horns bent backward at the tips.
2. any one of several related antelopes.
[< Afrikaans hartebeest hart beast]

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