NOUN | animal | eland | either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes |
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Sounds | iy'lahnd | |
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Rhymes | abandoned ... Zealand: 132 rhymes with ahnd... |
Meaning | Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes. | |
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Member of | Taurotragus, genus Taurotragus | (African antelopes) elands |
Narrower | 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 | |
Broader | antelope | graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward |
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