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wil·de·beest
(wĭl′də-bēst′, vĭl′-)n. pl. wil·de·beests or wildebeest
See gnu.
[Obsolete Afrikaans : Middle Dutch wild, wild + Middle Dutch beeste, beast (from Old French beste; see beast).]
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wildebeest
(ˈwɪldɪˌbiːst; ˈvɪl-)n, pl -beests or -beest
(Animals) another name for gnu
[C19: from Afrikaans, literally: wild beast]
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gnu
(nu, nyu)n., pl. gnus, (esp. collectively) gnu.
either of two stocky, oxlike African antelopes, the silvery gray Connochaetestaurinus or the black C. gnou.
Also called wildebeest. [1770–80; Khoikhoi, first recorded as t'gnu]
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Noun | 1. | wildebeest - large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks Connochaetes, genus Connochaetes - African antelopes: gnus |
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wildebeest
[ˈwɪldɪbiːst] N (wildebeests or wildebeest (pl)) → ñu mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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wildebeest
n → Gnu nt
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