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‖ wildebeest|ˈvɪldəbeːst, -biːst, ˈwɪ-|
Also wildebees.
[S. African Du., f. wild wild a. + beest beast n.]
The gnu, Connochætes taurinus or C. gnou.
[1801J. Barrow Acct. Trav. S. Afr. I. iv. 259 The gnoo or wild beast, as it is called by the Dutch.] 1824W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. II. 109 Wild animals; among which were..many wilde-beests or gnues. 1838W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Africa 380 Catoblepas Gnoo. The Gnoo. Wilde Beest of the Cape Colonists. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. iv. 84 Having inspected the wildebeest bull, which was a noble specimen. 1889Rider Haggard Allan's Wife iii, Here to the right might be a herd of vilderbeeste that could not number less than two thousand. 1895Millais Breath from Veldt x. 218 The white-tailed gnu or black wildebeest. 1929D. Reitz Commando 129 Great herds of zebra, wildebeest, and sable, stood fearlessly gazing at us. 1958Cape Times 13 Aug. 3/4 For the rest it was impala, wildebeest and koodoo. 1970Life Jan. 50 Their faces covered with grotesque tufts of hair, the wildebeest..are the oddest and fiercest-looking antelopes. |