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- noun Plural form of
gerenuk .
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Examples
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I remember watching some gerenuks last time I was at the LA Zoo, extending themselves to the utmost in their drive to trim an extra inch of the grass surrounding their paddock. haribo
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I remember watching some gerenuks last time I was at the LA Zoo, extending themselves to the utmost in their drive to trim an extra inch of the grass surrounding their paddock. haribo
The Strange Elegance of the Giraffe-Necked Antelope » E-Mail 2009
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Unlike other gazelles and most antelopes that graze on grasses, gerenuks often stand erect on their hind legs and stretch their long necks to browse on taller bushes.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes new Antelope Calf, so cute! | The Disney Blog 2008
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Nothing but pygmies, all of them, scurrying around and beating the brush for dibatags and gerenuks.
This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch 1955
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Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas, VU), Soemmerring's gazelles (Gazella soemmerringii, VU), Salt’s dikdik (Madoqua saltiana), and gerenuks (Litocranius walleri) all still occur.
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