- wildebeest (n.)
[wildebeest 词源字典]
- 1838, from South African Dutch (in modern Afrikaans wildebees, plural wildebeeste), literally "wild beast," from Dutch wild "wild" (see wild (adj.)) + beest "beast, ox" (in South African Dutch "steer, cattle"), from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste "beast" (see beast).[wildebeest etymology, wildebeest origin, 英语词源]