gerenuk

American  

[ger-uh-nook, guh-ren-uhk] / ˈgɛr əˌnʊk, gəˈrɛn ək /

noun

1. a reddish-brown antelope, Litocranius walleri, of eastern Africa, having a long, slender neck.

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gerenuk British  

/ ˈɡɛrɪˌnʊk /

noun

1. a slender E African antelope, Litocranius walleri, with a long thin neck and backward-curving horns

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Etymology

Origin of gerenuk

First recorded in 1890–95, gerenuk is from the Somali word gáránúug

Example Sentences

The property’s infinity pool faces the dry riverbed of seasonal River Kauro, where an adjacent waterhole often attracts such wildlife as Grevy’s zebra and gerenuk.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

By the way, the gerenuk skull isn't exactly 'typical' either, but that's a story for another time.

From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2014

Game was increasing, and that night they located another drinking-place half a mile up the drift, where the boys bagged three gerenuk, a kind of gazelle, and two wildebeest.

From The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series by Arting, Fred J.

The gerenuk we had come to look upon as our Lesser Hoodoo.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

And lo! through a tiny opening in the brush we espied one of those elusive gerenuk standing not over one hundred yards away.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward