wildebeest

[ wil-duh-beest, vil- ]

/ ˈwɪl dəˌbist, ˈvɪl- /

gnu.

Origin of wildebeest

1830–40; < Afrikaans wildebees < Dutch wildebeest, equivalent to wild wild + beest beast

What could there be in my wiping my face to provoke the wildebeest anew?

The Bush Boys |Captain Mayne Reid
If I leaped down, the wildebeest would kill me to a certainty.

The Bush Boys |Captain Mayne Reid
I was still in hopes the wildebeest would tire out and leave me, and then I could soon run home.

The Bush Boys |Captain Mayne Reid
Hence their trivial names of “blauw” wildebeest and “brindled” gnoo.

The Young Yagers |Mayne Reid

My last shot in Africa, the day before leaving for the coast, was at a wildebeest an hour or so out of Nairobi.

In Africa |John T. McCutcheon

wildebeest

/ (ˈwɪldɪˌbiːst, ˈvɪl-) /

another name for gnu

C19: from Afrikaans, literally: wild beast