n.
Pronunciation: ' wil-d ə - ˌ b ē st
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural wildebeests also wildebeest
Etymology: Afrikaans wildebees, from wilde wild + bees ox
Date: circa 1824
: either of two large African antelopes ( Connochaetes gnou and C. taurinus ) with a head like that of an ox, short mane, long tail, and horns in both sexes that curve downward and outward ― called also gnu