catoblepas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cătōblĕpas, ae, m., = κατῶβλεψ or κατωβλέπων (that looks down),

a wild animal in Ethiopia , perhaps a species of buffalo , or the gnu , a species of antelope , Mel. 3, 9, 9; Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.