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GNU

\ɡənˈuː], \ɡənˈuː], \ɡ_ə_n_ˈuː]\

Definitions of GNU

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A cud-chewing animal with a mane, a flowing tail, and curved horns, inhabiting Africa.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A kind of antelope in S. Africa, resembling the horse and ox.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Kind of African antelope.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A South African antelope having a buffalo like head and a horse like tail.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A wild horned animal of the ox kind inhabiting S. Africa,-a seeming compound of horse, buffalo, and antelope.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. A South African antelope having the neck, body, and tail like those of a horse, and single, recurved horns.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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