gnun.

Brit.

/ˈn(j)uː/,

/ɡəˈnuː/, U.S.

/n(j)u/

Forms: Also 1700s gnoo, 1800s n'gou.

Etymology: Khoekhoe and San gnu. The jocular British English pronunciation with a /ɡ/ originates in Flanders and Swann's 1950s song The Gnu.

A South African quadruped ( Catoblepas gnu), belonging to the antelope family, but resembling an ox or buffalo in shape; also known by its Dutch name wildebeest. The brindled gnu ( Catoblepas gorgon) is a distinct species.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu)

Gorgon1607

gnu1777

kokoon1806

wildebeest1824

white-tailed gnu1858

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 83 There is another species of wild ox, called by the natives gnoo.

1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 132 The gnu resembles the antilopes and capræ in its hair, inasmuch as this is short.

1802 Sporting Mag. 20 141 The n'gou and koudou are also inhabitants of Caffraria.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 273 The gnu, which is now become rare.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 56 The presence of the..gnu is always a certain indication of water.

1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 341 The Brindled gnu or Blue Wildebeest..(Catoblephas gorgon) is still found in Zululand, and abundant in Damaraland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

GNU n. (a proprietary name for) a software system consisting of an operating system similar to Unix and a collection of compatible software, developed and distributed as a free alternative to commercial systems; (also) the operating system itself.

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1983 R. Stallman New UNIX Implementation in net.unix-wizards (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Sept. I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU.., and give it away free to everyone who can use it.

2001 InfoWorld 26 Nov. 68/3 GNU became the foundation of the free software movement, which later became the foundation of the open-source movement.

2013 R. Fox Information Technol. viii. 225 The Unix users who followed this group set about developing their own Unix-like OS called GNU.

单词	gnu
释义	gnun. Brit. /ˈn(j)uː/, /ɡəˈnuː/, U.S. /n(j)u/ Forms: Also 1700s gnoo, 1800s n'gou. Etymology: Khoekhoe and San gnu. The jocular British English pronunciation with a /ɡ/ originates in Flanders and Swann's 1950s song The Gnu. A South African quadruped ( Catoblepas gnu), belonging to the antelope family, but resembling an ox or buffalo in shape; also known by its Dutch name wildebeest. The brindled gnu ( Catoblepas gorgon) is a distinct species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu) Gorgon1607 gnu1777 kokoon1806 wildebeest1824 white-tailed gnu1858 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 83 There is another species of wild ox, called by the natives gnoo. 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 132 The gnu resembles the antilopes and capræ in its hair, inasmuch as this is short. 1802 Sporting Mag. 20 141 The n'gou and koudou are also inhabitants of Caffraria. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 273 The gnu, which is now become rare. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 56 The presence of the..gnu is always a certain indication of water. 1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 341 The Brindled gnu or Blue Wildebeest..(Catoblephas gorgon) is still found in Zululand, and abundant in Damaraland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas GNU GNU n. (a proprietary name for) a software system consisting of an operating system similar to Unix and a collection of compatible software, developed and distributed as a free alternative to commercial systems; (also) the operating system itself. ΚΠ 1983 R. Stallman New UNIX Implementation in net.unix-wizards (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Sept. I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU.., and give it away free to everyone who can use it. 2001 InfoWorld 26 Nov. 68/3 GNU became the foundation of the free software movement, which later became the foundation of the open-source movement. 2013 R. Fox Information Technol. viii. 225 The Unix users who followed this group set about developing their own Unix-like OS called GNU. extracted from Gn. < n.1777 as lemmas
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