gerenuk

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The giant eland, the sable antelope, the greater kudu, the bontebok, blessbok, the mountain and Burchell zebras, all the giraffes save that of Nigeria, the big waterbucks, the nyala, the sitatunga, the bongo, and the gerenuk--all will go in the same way, everywhere outside the game preserves.

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  1. noun An African gazelle (Litocranius walleri) having long legs, a long slender neck, and backward-curving horns in the male.

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  1. Somali garanūg, Waller's gazelle.

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  1. English African.
 

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/gɛrɛˈnuk/
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