WILDEBEEST


Meaning of WILDEBEEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwil-də-ˌbēst ]

noun

( 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

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