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ELAND (= elk)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ELAND (= elk)

ELAND (= See also:
ELK
elk) , the Dutch name for the largest of the See also:

South See also:

AFRICAN

African antelopes (Taurotragus See also:

ORYX (Gr. opvE, a pickaxe, hence applied to the animal)

oryx), a See also:

SPECIES

species near akin to the See also:

KUDU (koodoo)

kudu, but with horns See also:

PRESENT

present in both sexes, and their See also:

SPIRAL

spiral much closer, being in fact See also:

SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw-like instead of corkscrew-like. There is also a large See also:

DEWLAP

dewlap, while old bulls have a thick forelock. In the typical See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

BODY

body-See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is wholly See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale fawn, but See also:

north of the See also:

Orange See also:

RIVER

river the body is marked by narrow See also:

VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical See also:

white lines, this See also:

RACE

race being known as T. oryx livingstonei. In See also:

SENEGAMBIA

Senegambia the genus is represented by T. derbianus, a much larger See also:

animal, with a dark See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck; while in the See also:

BAHR

Bahr-el-Ghazal See also:

DISTRICT

district there is a gigantic See also:

LOCAL

local race of this species (T. derbianus giganteus). (R.

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