Main Entry: harte·beest

Pronunciation: \ˈhär-tə-ˌbēst\

Function: noun

Etymology: obsolete Afrikaans (now hartbees), from Dutch, from hart deer + beest beast

Date: 1786

: either of two large African antelopes (Alcelaphus buselaphus and Sigmoceros lichtensteinii) with long faces and short annulate divergent horns; also : a smaller antelope (Damaliscus hunteri) of eastern Africa having a horizontal white line between the eyes