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Jan had correctly given many of the characteristic points of that, perhaps, the most singular of all ruminant animals, the wildebeest or gnoo (_Catoblepas gnoo_).

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

Jan had correctly given many of the characteristic points of that, perhaps, the most singular of all ruminant animals, the wildebeest or gnoo (_Catoblepas gnoo_).

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

Still proves to be the last gnoo tuk (bath) of the day.

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Still proves to be the last gnoo tuk (bath) of the day.

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It returned about twelve o'clock that night, carrying the skin of my gemsbok and also a magnificent old blue wildebeest (the brindled gnoo,) which the

Forest & Frontiers 1867

The gnoo has long been the favourite food of the frontier farmer and hunter.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

I had got the aard-vark over my shoulders, and was about heading homeward, when, to my astonishment, I observed that the bull-gnoo -- not the one that had besieged me, but his late antagonist -- was still out upon the plain where I had last seen him!

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

Both species are larger than the wildebeest, individuals of either being nearly five feet in height, while the common gnoo is scarce four.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

In fact, the new-comers had points of resemblance to all four -- horse, ass, gnoo, and zebra -- and yet they were distinct from any.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

The fierce buffalo, the giraffe, the oryx, the huge eland, and the eccentric gnoo, all have to succumb to their superior strength and armature.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850