- a variation of kudu.
koodoo
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The last run was a long and hard one; and the koodoo seemed to have taken matters seriously and made up their minds to put a safe distance between us and them.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
It was now deserted; and it was fortunate that the koodoo had been killed, or the party might have had but a slender supper to partake of.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
I forgot all about those long stretches in which nothing had been noticed except the koodoo spoor, and was unconsciously looking out for things in regular succession which we had passed at quite long intervals.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
On setting out, the direction we took was that where, between two shelving plains, covered with bright green vegetation, a sparkling river flowed; for the koodoo requires water.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
Reaching the place where they had disappeared, I saw with intense relief and excitement Jock and the koodoo having it out less than a hundred yards away.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
It consisted chiefly of the flesh of one of the koodoos, and was partly broiled and partly sodden.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
During it I quite forgot my own uncertain position, and the fact that, in reality, I was as much in the power of the men about me as were the poor koodoos at my feet.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts
It is a country full of all sorts of game, from buffaloes, elands, and koodoos downward to the small antelopes; and as game abounds, so also do lions abound.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
We have, however, still herds of antelopes of all kinds, springboks, gemsboks, elands, koodoos, hartebeests, and gnus.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
This part of the work despatched, Omatoko next went down to the place where the carcasses of the koodoos had been carefully protected from vultures and hyenas by a heap of logs laid over them.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
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