eland
/ˈiːlənd/noun
1- a spiral-horned African antelope which lives in open woodland and grassland. It is the largest of the antelopes.大角斑羚, 大旋角羚羊。
1.1
- Genus Tragelaphus, family Bovidae: the giant eland (T. derbianus) and the common eland (T. oryx).林羚属, 牛科:巨角斑羚(拉丁名T. derbianus)和非洲林羚(拉丁名T. Oryx)。
词源
late 18th cent.: via Afrikaans from Dutch, 'elk', from obsolete German Elend, from Lithuanian élnis.