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Where does “wildebeest” come from?

Wildebeest comes from Afrikaans wildebees, literally meaning "wild beast," from wilde (wild) and bees (beast).

wildebeest (English): Gnu

Definitions

  1. Gnu

Ancestry of “wildebeest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanswildebeest—
Every word from Afrikaans wildebeest →