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Definition of eland in English: elandnoun ˈiːləndˈilənd A large spiral-horned African antelope which lives in open woodland and grassland. Genus Tragelaphus, family Bovidae: the giant eland (T. derbianus) and the common eland (T. oryx) Example sentencesExamples - Shy bushbuck, kudu, eland, impala, and elephant all take their turn whilst buffalo and waterbuck make their way to the sandy banks of the Zambesi.
- They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the eland, wildebeest, gazelle, springbok, hartebeest, impala, etc.
- Greater kudu, bushbuck and eland, the spiral-horned tribe of antelope approach watering points with caution because of lions which patronise these areas.
- Animals include duikers, eland and colobus, vervet and blue monkeys.
- Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks, waterbucks, eland, topi, gazelle and impala.
- In the dry season, July to November, the river is an excellent place for observing large numbers of game including lions, leopards, hunting dogs, giraffe, waterbuck, eland and warthogs.
- The women's tribe, the Moroyok, raised antelopes, including the eland, which the Maasai claim to have been the first species of cattle.
- There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leopard, wild dog and hyaena are also present.
- Cantering herds of zebra, eland and roan antelope scatter then coalesce as we drone over them.
- Recent estimates suggest that there are more than 12,000 elephants, 3,000 Cape buffalo, 9,000 sable antelope, 3,000 elands, and a few hundred each of leopards, lions, and spotted hyena, among other animals.
- After a few weeks, the eland will be pregnancy tested - and the researchers will wait out the 11-month incubation period.
Origin Late 18th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch, 'elk', from obsolete German Elend, from Lithuanian élnis. Rhymes Leland, Wieland, Zealand, Zeeland Definition of eland in US English: elandnounˈēləndˈilənd A spiral-horned African antelope that lives in open woodland and grassland. It is the largest of the antelopes. Genus Taurotragus, family Bovidae: the giant eland (T. derbianus) and the common eland (T. oryx) Example sentencesExamples - Recent estimates suggest that there are more than 12,000 elephants, 3,000 Cape buffalo, 9,000 sable antelope, 3,000 elands, and a few hundred each of leopards, lions, and spotted hyena, among other animals.
- In the dry season, July to November, the river is an excellent place for observing large numbers of game including lions, leopards, hunting dogs, giraffe, waterbuck, eland and warthogs.
- The women's tribe, the Moroyok, raised antelopes, including the eland, which the Maasai claim to have been the first species of cattle.
- Animals include duikers, eland and colobus, vervet and blue monkeys.
- Shy bushbuck, kudu, eland, impala, and elephant all take their turn whilst buffalo and waterbuck make their way to the sandy banks of the Zambesi.
- Cantering herds of zebra, eland and roan antelope scatter then coalesce as we drone over them.
- After a few weeks, the eland will be pregnancy tested - and the researchers will wait out the 11-month incubation period.
- Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks, waterbucks, eland, topi, gazelle and impala.
- They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the eland, wildebeest, gazelle, springbok, hartebeest, impala, etc.
- There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leopard, wild dog and hyaena are also present.
- Greater kudu, bushbuck and eland, the spiral-horned tribe of antelope approach watering points with caution because of lions which patronise these areas.
Origin Late 18th century: via Afrikaans from Dutch, ‘elk’, from obsolete German Elend, from Lithuanian élnis. |