Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hartebeest \hartebeest\ n.
1. large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve
backward.
[WordNet 1.5] Hartbeest
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hartbeest \Hart"beest`\, Hartebeest \Har"te*beest`\(-b[=e]st`),
n. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.]
1. (Zool.) 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.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain
species of Darnaliscus.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hartebeest
n 1: a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve
backward