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Eland   Listen
noun
Eland  n.  
1.
(Zoöl.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; called also Cape elk.
2.
(Zoöl.) The elk or moose.





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"Eland" Quotes from Famous Books



... parkland with long, waving tambuki grass, which the Kaffirs would burn later. The moon was coming up, and her faint rays silvered the flat tops of the mimosa trees. I could hear and feel around me the rustling of animals. Once or twice a big buck—an eland or a koodoo—broke cover, and at the sight of me went off snorting down the slope. Also there were droves of smaller game—rhebok and springbok and duikers—which brushed past at full gallop without ...
— Prester John • John Buchan


Words linked to "Eland" :   common eland, giant eland, genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus derbianus, Taurotragus, Taurotragus oryx


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