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gerenuk
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ger·e·nuk  (gr-nk)
n.
An African gazelle (Litocranius walleri) having long legs, a long slender neck, and backward-curving horns in the male.

[Somali garang, Waller's gazelle.]

gerenuk [ˈgɛrɪˌnʊk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a slender E African antelope, Litocranius walleri, with a long thin neck and backward-curving horns
[from Somali garanug]
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Noun1.gerenuk - slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving hornsgerenuk - slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
genus Litocranius, Litocranius - antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks


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