HyperDic: gnu

English > 1 sense of the word *gnu*:
NOUN	animal	gnu, wildebeest	large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

gnu > pronunciation
Sounds	nuw'
Rhymes	anew ... Vishnu: 11 rhymes with nuw...

English > *gnu*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
Synonym	wildebeest
Member of	Connochaetes, genus Connochaetes	(African antelopes) gnus
Broader	antelope	graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward
Spanish	connochaetes, gnu, ñu
Catalan	gnu, nyu