WILDEBEEST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

Synonyms:

gnu; wildebeest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wildebeest" is a kind of...):

antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)

Holonyms ("wildebeest" is a member of...):

Connochaetes; genus Connochaetes (African antelopes: gnus)

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