{
  "gnu":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": wildebeest":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The protesters might instead have been using signs with a kangaroo or an elephant or a gnu . \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Then cruise the Rufiji River to watch for elephants, hippos, lions, leopards, and brindled gnu . \u2014 Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic , 14 June 2019",
      "In short, no gnus is bad news\u2014and gnu populations are on the decline. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 11 July 2018",
      "Finally, after nearly 80 years, the Detroit Zoo has gotten some gnu animals. \u2014 Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2018",
      "Last Tuesday, the 8-by-12-foot glass fronts came down from dioramas of lowland gorillas and takin (a gnu goat from mountainous western China), and the sweet smell of old preservative filled the air. \u2014 Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com , 19 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1777, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Khoikhoi t'gnu":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00fc",
      "\u02c8ny\u00fc",
      "also \u02c8ny\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163714",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gnu goat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": takin":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001441",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}