wildebeest

(wildə bēst′, vil-)

noun pl. wildebeests or wildebeest

Origin: Afrik < Du wild, wild + beeste, beast

See wildebeest in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. wil·de·beests or wildebeest
See gnu.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete Afrikaans

Origin: : Middle Dutch wild, wild

Origin: + Middle Dutch beeste, beast (from Old French beste; see beast)

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