Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The gnu.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The gnu.

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  • noun South Africa Gnu.

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  • noun large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Obsolete Afrikaans : Middle Dutch wild, wild + Middle Dutch beeste, beast (from Old French beste; see beast).]

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From Dutch, wild ("wild") + beest ("beast") and later Afrikaans, wild ("wild") + beeste ("cattle")

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Examples

  • The wildebeest, which is a big antelope which was designed to try to look like a buffalo or bison, gives off terrifying noises in the effort to seem a dangerous beast.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • The wildebeest, which is a big antelope which was designed to try to look like a buffalo or bison, gives off terrifying noises in the effort to seem a dangerous beast.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • The wildebeest, which is a big antelope which was designed to try to look like a buffalo or bison, gives off terrifying noises in the effort to seem a dangerous beast.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • Animals such as wildebeest that migrate or have very large home ranges can spend significant time outside the protected areas, where they are known to be more vulnerable, the scientists add.

    Africa's national parks failing to conserve large mammals, study shows 2010

  • During drought, large herbivores such as wildebeest, eland, and hartebeest move in search of surface water.

    Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands 2007

  • For example, much of the work I conducted on the applicability of this method to tropical taxa such as wildebeest and zebra, was done in the context of Hadza hunter-gatherers in East Africa.

    Tales From the Crypt: What Teeth Can Tell Us About Life, Death and Prehistoric Human Behavior Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • For example, much of the work I conducted on the applicability of this method to tropical taxa such as wildebeest and zebra, was done in the context of Hadza hunter-gatherers in East Africa.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • Some of the other places of interest include Johannesburg Lion Park, a reserve and breeding research station that is spread across 500 acres and features around 80 lions as well as other wild animals such as wildebeest, impala, blesbok, gemsbok, ostrich and zebras.

    Wired Top Stories jasminreo 2011

  • If I were David Attenborough, I'd deliberately get savaged by some kind of wildebeest / sea creature when I'd had enough of it all.

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • He explained that the world's natural grasslands when grazed naturally by animals such as wildebeest, could lock in or sequester massive amounts of carbon.

    Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news 2009

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  • noun. A ravenous fan of the works of Oscar Wilde.

    January 3, 2007