gerenuk

English

Etymology

From Somali garanuug.

A gerenuk

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɹɛnuːk/

Noun

gerenuk (plural gerenuks)

1. A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 139:

     Unaccountably, he finds himself thinking of gerenuks and gazelles.

Synonyms

• giraffe gazelle
• Waller's gazelle

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(麒麟羚羊) (girinyeong'yang)
• Polish: gerenuk (pl)
• Russian: герену́к m (gerenúk), жира́фовая газе́ль f (žiráfovaja gazélʹ)
• Somali: garanuug (so)
• Swahili: swala twiga
• Swedish: giraffgasell (sv) c
• Welsh: gerenwc m

Further reading

• gerenuk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Litocranius walleri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Litocranius walleri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons