wildebeest

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/ˈwɪldəbist/

Definition of wildebeest

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

The gnu.

“Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.”
“Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree.”
“A group of wildebeest is called a confusion.”

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Borrowed in the early 19th century from early Afrikaans wildebeest, modern wildebees (literally “wild ox”), with influence from beast.

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