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Connochaetes

noun

African antelopes: gnus

• Syn: ↑genus Connochaetes

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑gnu, ↑wildebeest

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\\ˌkänəˈkēd.ēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek konnos beard + New Latin -chaetes

: the genus of ruminants (family Bovidae) comprising the gnus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.