Kudu

//ˈkuːduː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).

    "Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres."

  2. 2
    either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
koodookoudou

Example

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"Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres."

Etymology

Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou.

Related phrases

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