a large dark antelope with a long head, a beard and mane, and a sloping back 牛羚,角马。 亦称 wildebeest
Genus Connochaetes, family Bovidae: two species, in particular the abundant brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. taurinus) 角马属,牛科,两种,尤指数量众多的斑纹角马(拉丁名C. taurinus)
语源
late 18th cent.: from Khoikhoi and San, perhaps imitative of the sound made by the animal when alarmed