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COMMON ELAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common eland mean?
• COMMON ELAND (noun)
The noun COMMON ELAND has 1 sense:
1. dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa
Familiarity information: COMMON ELAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common eland; Taurotragus oryx
Hypernyms ("common eland" is a kind of...):
eland (either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes)
Holonyms ("common eland" is a member of...):
genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus (African antelopes: elands)
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