eland

«eland» in Mova's school dictionary: A very large African antelope with spiral horns on both… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an eland, elands or eland)

meaning for a pupil

A very large African antelope with spiral horns on both males and females, light brown colour and a hanging fold of skin on the throat; it is the largest antelope in the world. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on African grasslands, elands graze on the savanna and veld with zebras and giraffes. In the Just So Story «How the Leopard Got His Spots», the Leopard and the Ethiopian hunt the Giraffe, the Zebra, the Eland and the Kudu on the High Veldt; the animals escape into the forest and change colour. Kipling's story is not real science.

examples

• The eland is the biggest kind of antelope. tree →
• Elands can jump very high for such large animals. tree →
• The Eland and the Kudu ran into the forest. tree →
• A herd of eland grazed on the veldt. tree →
• Both male and female elands have twisted horns. tree →
• The eland has a fold of skin hanging from its neck. tree →
• By-and-by they met with a troop of great deer, called elands, and they stopped when they saw Thakane and sang: tree →

note

Use «an eland» (vowel sound). Plural elands or eland (like deer). Sounds like «EE-land».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eland» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.