gerenuk

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Somali garanuug.

A gerenuk

Pronunciation

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Noun

gerenuk (plural gerenuks)

A type of long-necked gazelle, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., native to central and eastern Africa.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 139:
  Unaccountably, he finds himself thinking of gerenuks and gazelles.

Synonyms

giraffe gazelle
Waller's gazelle^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)}

Translations

Litocranius walleri

Dutch: girafgazelle f
Finnish: gerenukki, kirahviantilooppi
German: Giraffengazelle f
Italian: gazzella giraffa f, antilope giraffa f, gerenuk (it) m, gherenuc m
Japanese: 麒麟羚羊 (キリンレイヨウ, kirinreiyō)
Korean: 기린영양 (girinyeong'yang) (麒麟羚羊)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Navajo: yadiizį́įgo ayání
Russian: герену́к m (gerenúk), жира́фовая газе́ль f (žiráfovaja gazélʹ)
Somali: garanuug
Swahili: swala twiga
Swedish: giraffgasell (sv) c
Welsh: gerenwc m

Further reading

gerenuk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Litocranius walleri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Litocranius walleri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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