wildebeest
noun
gnu.
wildebeests
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pluralof wildebeest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The viral footage showed visitors jumping out of safari vehicles, crowding riverbanks and forcing wildebeests into crocodile-infested waters - sparking outage.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
The term climate migration has an orderly, almost bucolic ring to it, evoking as it does the age-old seasonal treks of caribou, wildebeests, and other charismatic species.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2023
Because of the abundance there of grasses as sources of food, Africa’s savannas are home to a range of large grazing mammals including gazelles, wildebeests, elephants, ostriches, and zebras.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Instead, the wildebeests milled about or rested in acacia shade, and the zebras did a lot of standing around, motionless, like they were trying to remember something they’d just forgotten.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
The Big Match You and Coby are on teams that like each other as much as crocs and Kenyan wildebeests.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
