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ELAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eland" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eland"):
common eland; Taurotragus oryx (dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa)
giant eland; Taurotragus derbianus (large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa)
Holonyms ("eland" is a member of...):
genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus (African antelopes: elands)
