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kudu

or koo·doo

[ koo-doo ]

noun

  1. a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.


kudu

/ ˈkuːduː /

noun

  1. either of two spiral-horned antelopes, Tragelaphus strepsiceros ( greater kudu ) or T. imberbis ( lesser kudu ), which inhabit the bush of Africa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kudu1

1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ǂkudu
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kudu1

C18: from Afrikaans koedoe, probably from Khoi
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Example Sentences

Modern hunter-gatherers in Africa’s Kalahari Desert still use the technique to run down kudu, eland, gemsbok, and other antelope.

There’s also a new male lesser kudu, a kind of antelope, born March 29.

The kudu stood five feet six inches high; horns, three feet on the straight.

Kudu Kuduppai, a very diminutive double darabouka of brass and fish bladder, Hindustan.

The kirangozi blew his kudu horn much more merrily on this morning than he was accustomed to do while in Ugogo.

The gemsbok is of about the same size as the kudu, and is gray in color above and white below.

The kudu is found all over Africa, from the Cape to Abyssinia, though it is now very rare in the extreme south.

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