white-tailed gnu

noun

: a very dark gnu (Connochaetes gnou) having a partially white tail and being formerly abundant in southern Africa but now restricted to game preserves

called also black wildebeest

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of white-tailed gnu was in 1858

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“White-tailed gnu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-tailed%20gnu. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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