单词 | wildebeest |
释义 | wildebeestn. The gnu, Connochætes taurinus or C. gnou. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu) Gorgon1607 gnu1777 kokoon1806 wildebeest1824 white-tailed gnu1858 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 259 The gnoo or wild beast, as it is called by the Dutch.] 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 109 Wild animals; among which were..many wilde-beests or gnues. 1838 W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Afr. 380 Catoblepas Gnoo. The Gnoo. Wilde Beest of the Cape Colonists. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iv. 84 Having inspected the wildebeest bull, which was a noble specimen. 1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife iii Here to the right might be a herd of vilderbeeste that could not number less than two thousand. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt x. 218 The white-tailed gnu or black wildebeest. 1929 D. Reitz Commando 129 Great herds of zebra, wildebeest, and sable, stood fearlessly gazing at us. 1958 Cape Times 13 Aug. 3/4 For the rest it was impala, wildebeest and koodoo. 1970 Life Jan. 50 Their faces covered with grotesque tufts of hair, the wildebeest..are the oddest and fiercest-looking antelopes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1824 |
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