noun
gnu; wildebeest
Refers to the African antelope. The word is a direct translation of the English terms and is not a native Japanese animal name. Often written in kana.
アフリカのサバンナで、うしかもしかの大群が移動している。
A large herd of wildebeest is migrating across the African savanna.
Rare kanji spelling for gnu/wildebeest; the characters literally mean 'cow antelope sheep'. Not commonly used.
Alternate rare kanji spelling; 氈鹿 is an old term for antelope. Not commonly used.
ヌー is a more common loanword for gnu/wildebeest in modern Japanese. うしかもしか is a less frequent native coinage.
Compound of 牛 (ushi, 'cow') + 羚羊 (kamoshika, 'serow' or 'antelope'), literally 'cow-antelope'. A Japanese coinage for the African gnu/wildebeest.