wildebeest
pronunciation
How to pronounce wildebeest in British English:
UK [ˈwɪldəbi:st]
How to pronounce wildebeest in American English:
US ['wɪldəbist]
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- Noun:
- large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
Word Origin
- wildebeest (n.)
- 1838, from South African Dutch (in modern Afrikaans wildebees, plural wildebeeste), literally "wild beast," from Dutch wild "wild" (see wild (adj.)) + beest "beast, ox" (in South African Dutch "steer, cattle"), from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste "beast" (see beast).
Example
- 1. An aerial shot of wildebeest in the okavango delta , botswana .
- 2. Port lympne has this year welcomed wildebeest , colobus monkeys , gorillas and rhinos .
- 3. The farmer on the green side had been forcing his cattle to mimic the great migratory wildebeest herds of the serengeti .
- 4. Several government plansare in motion to retain and rebuild the economy , including a massivetranslocation project to move zebras and wildebeest into lion territory - hopefully alleviating lion attacks on livestock in thedrought-affected area .
- 5. With warmer weather beckoning , the urge to migrate to the mountains , forests , beaches and deserts seems every bit as much a genetic imperative among humans as the migratory instincts of petrels , cetaceans or wildebeest .