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herola|hɛˈrəʊlə|
Also hirola.
[Galla name.]
A small, rare antelope, Damaliscus hunteri, native to Kenya and Somalia, and more frequently called Hunter's hartebeest.
1894H. C. V. Hunter in Sclater & Thomas Bk. Antelopes I. 57 Their Galla name is ‘Herola’, not ‘Horonta’. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 700/2 Then follows the curious Hunter's hartebeest or herola, having horns which somehow suggest a connecting link with the fleet and supremely graceful impala. 1957Encycl. Brit. II. 22/2 In Damaliscus, the bastard hartebeeste,..the horns arise directly from the head. The hirola or Hunter's hartebeeste (D. hunteri) has a white chevronlike marking on the forehead; it is found only on the north side of Tana valley in Jubaland, east Africa. |