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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARTBEEST

n.The quanga, or cervine antelope of Africa.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARTBEEST

Hart "beest `, n. Etym: [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama ), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]