tora hartebeest

English

Noun

tora hartebeest (plural tora hartebeest or tora hartebeests)

  1. An antelope of the subspecies Alcelaphus buselaphus tora, native to Eritrea and Ethiopia.
    • 1931, H[enry] C[ourtney] Brocklehurst, “Tora Hartebeest”, in Game Animals of the Sudan, Their Habits and Distribution: A Handbook for Hunters and Naturalists, London; Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, →OCLC, page 69:
      Tora Hartebeest are found only on the west bank of the Nile, in the country bordering the rivers Dinder and Setit and the Abyssinian frontier.

Synonyms

  • (antelope species): tora
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