roan, noun

Plurals:
unchanged, or roans.
Elliptical for roan antelope. Also attributive.
1895 J.G. Millais Breath from Veldt (1899) 236A pan under the mountain where many roans,..and some giraffes, drank.
1900 W.L. Sclater Mammals of S. Afr. I. 220The roan was first recognized as a new antelope under the Sechuana name of Takhaitse.
1976 J. Hanks Mammals 34Roan, Hippotragus equinus...Overall a light reddish brown or a light chestnut in colour, white below.
1979 Zaloumis & Cross Field Guide to Antelope 46Roans live in herds of between 5 and 30, usually led by a master bull.
1990 Skinner & Smithers Mammals of Sn Afr. Subregion 673Roan are very large antelope, surpassed in size only by the eland.
1990 Skinner & Smithers Mammals of Sn Afr. Subregion 675The individual members of roan herds tend to space themselves out with distances of five to 10 m between them.
Elliptical for roan antelope. Also attributive.
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