Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of a small South African fox, Vulpes caama.
- noun A name of a large bubaline antelope, Alcelaphus caama, the hartbeest.
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Examples
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(‘Bubalus caama’), buffaloes, and the small antelope hakitenwe (‘Philantomba’).
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They were antelopes of course -- that species known among Cape colonists as the "hartebeest" (_Acronotus caama_).
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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