ALCELAPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alcelaphus mean? 

• ALCELAPHUS (noun)
  The noun ALCELAPHUS has 1 sense:

1. African antelopes: hartebeests

  Familiarity information: ALCELAPHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALCELAPHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African antelopes: hartebeests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alcelaphus; genus Alcelaphus

Hypernyms ("Alcelaphus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Alcelaphus"):

hartebeest (a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward)

Holonyms ("Alcelaphus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)