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(wildebeest) A wildebeest is a large African antelope which has a hairy tail, short curved horns, and long hair under its neck. Wildebeest usually live in large groups. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Afrikaans wildebees, from wilde wild + bees ox Date: circa 1824 either of two large African antelopes (Connochaetes gnou and C. taurinus) with a head like that of an ox, short mane, long tail, and horns in both sexes that curve downward and outward — called also gnu ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- 1838, from Afrikaans wildebees, lit. "wild beast," pl. wildebeest, from Du. wild "wild" + bees "beast, ox," from M.Du. beeste, from O.Fr. beste "beast." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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