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Definition of Gnu goat
1. Noun. Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.
Generic synonyms: Goat Antelope
Group relationships: Budorcas, Genus Budorcas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnu Goat
Literary usage of Gnu goat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"GNU—GOAT. upon the Holy Ghost as at once wife and sister of Christ ; Harmodius
and Marinus, his disciples ; Tatian of Home, the founder of the ..."
2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"... Ox Okapi Dromedary Eland Elephant Elk Gaur Gazelle Giraffe gnu goat Guanaco
Hartebeest Hippopotamus Peccary Pronghorn Reindeer Rhinoceros Rocky Mountain ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"At the June 7th meeting were read some remarks by the well-known A. 0. H. on the
gnu goat on Takin (Budorcas taxicolor]; three horns are figured. ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... antelope, gnu, goat, sheep, and ox. Except the camels, most of the genera are
provided with horns, solid and deciduous as in the deer, or hollow and ..."
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