blue wildebeest

English

a blue wildebeest

Noun

blue wildebeest (plural blue wildebeest)

A large ungulate mammal of the bovid family and one of two species of wildebeest, (Connochaetes taurinus)

Synonyms

(Connochaetes taurinus): brindled gnu, common wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest

Coordinate terms

black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)

Translations

Connochaetes taurinus

Dutch: blauwe gnoe m
Finnish: gnu (fi)
French: gnou bleu (fr) m

German: Streifengnu
Italian: gnu azzurro m, gnu striato m

References

Blue wildebeest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Connochaetes taurinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Connochaetes taurinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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