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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gnu /(g)nuː, (g)njuː/

▶noun a large African antelope with a long head, a beard and mane, and a sloping back. [Genus Connochaetes: two species.]

– origin C18: from Khoikhoi and San, perh. imitative of the sound made by the animal when alarmed.

'gnu' also found in these Oxford entries:

antelope - wildebeest

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