gnu
/gnjuː/noun
1- a large dark antelope with a long head, a beard and mane, and a sloping back牛羚, 角马。亦称WILDEBEEST.
1.1
- Genus Connochaetes, family Bovidae: two species, in particular the abundant brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. taurinus).角马属, 牛科, 两种, 尤指数量众多的斑纹角马（拉丁名C. taurinus）。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Khoikhoi and San, perhaps imitative of the sound made by the animal when alarmed.