gnu
Definitions of gnu
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large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tailtype of:antilopegraceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
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