Definition of Taurotragus

1. Noun. African antelopes: elands.

Exact synonyms: Genus Taurotragus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Eland, Common Eland, Taurotragus Oryx, Giant Eland, Taurotragus Derbianus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taurotragus

Tati
Tatiana
Tatler
Tatra
Tattersall
Tattersalls
Tatum
Tatzelwurm
Tatzelwurms
Tau protein
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taunton
Taurean
Taureans
Taurotragus (current term)
Taurotragus derbianus
Taurotragus oryx
Taurus
Taurus the Bull
Tauruses
Taussig
Taussig-Bing disease
Taussig-Bing syndrome
Tausug
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian

Literary usage of Taurotragus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cross River Natives: Being Some Notes on the Primitive Pagans of Obubura by Charles Partridge (1905)
"Elands (Taurotragus). 8. The little Liberian hippopotamus. SCHEDULE II. 1. The elephant. *. Rhinoceroses. 4. Zebras of species not referred to in Schedule ..."

2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"Although so widely isolated geographically from the Senegal eland, Taurotragus derbianus, the degree of difference in coloration or other characters of the ..."

3. Cross River Natives: Being Some Notes on the Primitive Pagans of Obubura by Charles Partridge (1905)
"Elands (Taurotragus). 8. The little Liberian hippopotamus. SCHEDULE II. 1. The elephant. *. Rhinoceroses. 4. Zebras of species not referred to in Schedule ..."

4. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"Although so widely isolated geographically from the Senegal eland, Taurotragus derbianus, the degree of difference in coloration or other characters of the ..."

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