gerenuk

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gerenuk (GER-uh-nook, guh-REN-uhk) - n., a large-eyed antelope (Litocranius walleri) of eastern Africa with a long neck and limbs.


Gracile like a gazelle but more closely related to springboks:


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From the Somali name, which I see variously transcribed as gáránúug, garanuug, and garanūg.

---L.