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Africander

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Noun

1. africander

tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Africander

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noun
1. 
a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
2. 
a southern African breed of fat-tailed sheep
3.  a former name for an Afrikaner

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Africander

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noun
1.  Archaic
Afrikaner
2. 
a breed of cattle with a hump, developed in South Africa from a hairy indigenous breed
3. 
a hardy breed of sheep developed in South Africa from an indigenous breed

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Africander

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n.
Any of a breed of tall red cattle that were originally developed in South Africa, are well adapted to heat, and have a humped back and large spreading horns.

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