Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB'A-DA
AB'A-CUS-PY-THA-GOR'IC-USA-BAD'DON
AB'A-DA, n.
A wild animal of Africa, of the size of a steer, or half grown colt, having two horns on its forehead and a third on the nape of the neck. Its head and tail resemble those of an ox, but it has cloven feet, like the stag. – Cyc.
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