Kudu
/ˈkuːduː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush wordnet
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More examples"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.