What are similar spelling words for gnu?

• gnus,
• gnaw,
• gun.

What is the definition of gnu?

1. A ruminant horned animal found in S. Africa, partaking in form of horse, buffalo, and stag.

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What are the usage examples for gnu?

1. The fierce Gnoo, Gnu or Blue Wilde Beest of the colonists to the north of the Cape of Good Hope, are not as numerous as the spring- boks; and are easily distinguished by their large, curving horns, and the downward carriage of their head; for they never can look up. – Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by R. Lee

2. So our intelligent and resourceful mother and father decided, after much deliberation with the family solicitor, and the vicar of the parish, that Blaura should succeed to the title and all the dignities of the Duchy of Blowdripping when she arrived at the age of eight years, and that, at the same time, Mellinid should become the owner of Blowdripping Hall, with its priceless collections of pictures, old china, fossils and foreign stamps, and Edil become the possessor of the Blowdripping Park, in which the Hall is so pleasantly situated, with its herds of hedgehogs, elands and gnu – Bill the Minder by W. Heath Robinson