n., pl., eland, also e·lands.
Either of two large African antelopes (Taurotragus oryx or T. derbianus) having a light brown or grayish coat and spirally twisted horns.
[Afrikaans, from Dutch, elk, from obsolete German Elend, of Baltic origin, akin to Lithuanian élnias, deer.]
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