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Mongoos :: Mongoos (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus)..

Taha :: Taha (n.) The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

Koodoo :: Koodoo (n.) A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut..

Hartbeest :: Hartbeest (n.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white..

Welwitschia :: Welwitschia (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments..

Jako :: "Jako (n.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot..

Hebe :: Hebe (n.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Gue''vi :: Gue'vi (n.) One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmaea); -- called also pygmy antelope..

Pookoo :: Pookoo (n.) A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.

Serval :: Serval (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail..

Pincpinc :: Pincpinc (n.) An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).

Ketmie :: Ketmie (n.) The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage..

Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known..

Foolahs :: Foolahs (n. pl.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language..

Blesbok :: Blesbok (n.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead..

African :: African (n.) A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Komtok :: Komtok (n.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food..

Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..

Rietboc :: Rietboc (n.) The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok..

Struthiones :: Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches..

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