wildebeest
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dəˌbist, ˈvɪl-
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| —n , pl -beests, -beest | |
| another name for gnu | |
| [C19: from Afrikaans, literally: wild beast] | |
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Wildebeest
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
He has honed his distressed wildebeest calf call to get his subjects' attention.
Inevitably, however, the spectacular herd of wildebeest or whatever was way off on the horizon-and there was no way to get close.
Flocks of, say, starlings or herds of wildebeest do not count as real societies.
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