eland
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- noun
- /ˈiː.lænd/
- South African
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eland
- Today, virtually all religious and political factions within the Armenian diaspora agree that the Armenian "hoary-eland" is Soviet Armenia where Armenians are struggling to create a viable political structure genuinely representative of the nation.
Examples
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"We found very large prey—eland and zebras, for example—clearly killed by leopards.
Academic text (2011) -
There were three albums devoted to botany and three devoted to those animals on which the expedition specially focused: the okapi, the giant eland, and the white rhinoceros.
Academic text (1991) -
But suddenly you remember when a big eland goes trudging off from beside the road.
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This was the country of the white rhino, the giant eland, and a lot of other large animals that we hadn't yet met up with.
Academic text (1990) -
Eland, lad.
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We also have gazelles, wildebeests, and elands.
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It attacks cattle, Buffalo, eland, giraffe, Bush buck, warthogs and Bush pigs.
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Impala, gazelle, elephants, buffalo, and eland regularly came to the banks of the Zambesi and adjacent wetlands, where they became easy prey for skilled hunters.
Academic text (2005) -
At first light on the Mara, the predators of the night can be seen lustily consuming the early morning kill: topi, eland, zebra, and remnants of the wildebeest migration.
Academic text (2009) -
While on a safari, we spotted a herd of eland gracefully moving through the grasslands.
Synonyms
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An animal with long legs and curved horns that runs fast in Africa and Asia
A group of large African antelopes called elands
A very large African antelope like a deer with short, slightly curved horns that lives in herds
A large African antelope with a fawn coat and spiral horns often found in grasslands
A large antelope with dark stripes and spiral horns from west Africa near the equator
A very large antelope with dark stripes and twisted horns that lives in western and central Africa
Compounds
- South African
A large African antelope with a fawn coat and spiral horns often found in grasslands
- South African
A very large antelope with dark stripes and twisted horns that lives in western and central Africa
How Big
- South African
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- South African
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4.1
- South African
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eland comes from the Afrikaans and Dutch word eland, the name early European settlers used for this large African antelope. English kept that name, so eland still means the big antelope with spiral horns.