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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.


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

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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

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

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

The rhinoceros is, with the giraffe, the hippopotamus, the gerenuk, and the camel, one of Africa's unbelievable animals.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

We ran across the second imbecile gerenuk, and B. collected it!

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

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