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GERENUK , the Somali name of a See also:long-necked aberrant gazelle, commonly known as . See also:Waller's gazelle (Lithocranius walleri), and ranging from See also:Somaliland to See also:Kilimanjaro. The long See also:neck and limbs, coupled with peculiarities in the structure of the See also:skull, entitle the gerenuk, which is a large See also:species, to represent a genus. The horns of the bucks are heavy, and have a See also:peculiar forward curvature at the tips; the See also:colour of the coat is red-fawn, with a broad See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:band down the back. Gerenuk are browsing ruminants, and, in Somaliland, are found in small See also:family-parties, and feed more by browsing on the branches and leaves of trees and shrubs than by grazing. Frequently they raise themselves by See also:standing on their See also:hind-legs with the fore-feet resting against the See also:trunk of the-See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree on which they are feeding. Their usual See also:pace is an awkward trot, not unlike that of a See also:camel; and they seldombreak into a gallop. The Somali See also:form has been separated as L. sclateri, but is not more than a See also:local See also:race. (See See also:ANTELOPE.) GERGOVIA (mod. Gergovie), in See also:ancient See also:geography, the See also:chief See also:town of the See also:Arverni, situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in the See also:Auvergne, about 8 m. from the See also:Puy de See also:Dome, See also:France. See also:Julius See also:Caesar attacked it in 52 B.C., but was beaten off; some walls and earthworks seem still to survive from this See also:period. Later, when See also:Gaul had been subdued, the See also:place was dismantled and its Gaulish inhabitants resettled 4 M. away in the See also:plain at the new See also:Roman See also:city of Augustonemetum (mod. Clermont-See also:Ferrand).
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