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