- Hippotragus equinus
- Roan Roan (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It.
rovano, roano.]
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray
or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
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Give my roan a drench. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. [1913 Webster]
{Roan antelope} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South African antelope ({Hippotragus equinus}). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also {mahnya}, {equine antelope}, and {bastard gemsbok}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
