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Wildebeest

//ˈwɪldəbist// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The gnu.

    "Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests."

  2. 2
    large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail wordnet

Etymology

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

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