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wildebeest

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(wil′də bēst′, vil′-)

noun pl. wildebeests or wildebeest

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

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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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