Meaning Of The Word Gnu

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gnu
countable noun: A gnu is a large African animal similar to an ox.

gnu in American English
either of two large African antelopes (genus Connochaetes) with an oxlike head, horns that curve forward, and a horselike mane and tail; wildebeest
noun: either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now p

gnu in British English
noun: either of two sturdy antelopes, Connochaetes taurinus ( brindled gnu) or the much rarer C. gnou (white-tailed gnu), inhabiting the savannas of Africa, having an oxlike head and a long tufted tail

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