GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state res…

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GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.97, University of Georgia Press
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GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.97, University of Georgia Press

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