Definition of "gnu" []

• Either of two large African antelopes (Connochaetes gnou or C. taurinus) having a drooping mane and beard, a long tufted tail, and curved horns in both sexes. Also called wildebeest. (noun)

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• "A gnu is not really like a dodo … But I think there’s something from dodos in gnus …"
• "I am trying to build a spreadsheet application to cli, called gnu-oleo."
• "(sometimes called gnu) which look something like the American buffalo or bison, and hartebeest, stood around in a ring, looking on."