gerenuk n slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns Usage(s) That's why the gerenuk a type of antelope evolved its long neck and stands on its hind legs, and why the giraffe evolved its long neck. That's why the gerenuk a type of antelope evolved its long neck and stands on its hind legs, and why the giraffe evolved its long neck. Synonym(s) Litocranius walleri