gerenuk

English

Etymology

From Somali garanuug.

A gerenuk

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛɹɛnuːk/

Noun

gerenuk (plural gerenuks)

  1. A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 139:
      Unaccountably, he finds himself thinking of gerenuks and gazelles.

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