Gnu Definition

no͝o, nyo͝o
gnus
noun
gnus
Either of two large African antelopes (genus Connochaetes) with an oxlike head, horns that curve forward, and a horselike mane and tail; wildebeest.
Webster's New World
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gnu
Plural:
gnus

Origin of Gnu

  • Probably from Dutch gnoe from Xhosa i-ngu white-tailed gnu from San !nu black wildebeest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Taken from Nama, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.

    From Wiktionary

Gnu Sentence Examples

  • This fate has overtaken the elephant, giraffe, the buffalo, quagga, gnu, blesbok, gemsbok and ostrich.

  • The takin, which may be compared in size to a Kerry cow, is a clumsily built brute with yellowish-brown hair and curiously curved horns, which recall those of the South African white-tailed gnu.

  • What happens when open source, freely available linde combination handler products like GNU Radio become... Brighton moves ahead with pre-WiMax network.

  • Oswald may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

  • The fauna includes the lion and elephant, found in the neighbourhood of the Portuguese frontier (the lion was also found as late as 1895 in the Ndwandwe district), the white and the black rhinoceros, the leopard, panther, jackal, spotted hyena, aard-wolf, buffalo, zebra, gnu, impala, inyala, oribi, hartebeeste, kudu, springbok, waterbuck, eland, roan antelope, duiker, &c., hares and rabbits.

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