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Taurotragus

noun

African antelopes: elands

• Syn: ↑genus Taurotragus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑eland, ↑common eland, ↑Taurotragus oryx, ↑giant eland, ↑Taurotragus derbianus

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\\tȯˈrä.trəgəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from taur- + Greek tragos he-goat

: a genus of large African antelopes consisting of the elands

Useful english dictionary. 2012.