Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gazelle (Litocranius walleri) of eastern Africa having long legs, a long slender neck, and backward-curving horns in the male.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name, adopted as a book-name, for Waller′ s gazelle, Lithocranius walleri, an excessively long-necked species found in East Africa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A slender East African antelope (
Litocranius walleri ) with a long slim neck and backward-curving horns; called alsoWaller's gazelle , and in GermanGiraffengazelle . It feeds on the foliage of bushes and trees, and often stands erect on its hind legs, leaning against the bush, to browse on the higher branches; in this habit it is distinctive and easy to recognize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long-necked
gazelle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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Black spelled correctly "serendipity" and "gerenuk" - a long-necked species of antelope native to East Africa - to earn all six points possible in rounds two and three.
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