pudu

American  

[poo-doo] / ˈpu du /

noun

1. a small, hollow-toothed deer of the genus Pudu, native to the South American Andes, having a dark brown or gray coat, a small head, and spiked antlers: now greatly reduced in number; P. pudu may be at risk of extinction.

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pudu British  

/ ˈpuːˌduː /

noun

1. a diminutive Andean antelope, Pudu pudu, some 35 cm (13 to 14 in.) tall at the shoulder, with short straight horns and reddish-brown spotted coat

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Etymology

Origin of pudu

First recorded in 1885–90; from South American Spanish, from Araucanian

Example Sentences

The pudu, like most animals in the zoo, is part of a Species Survival Plan — a conservation breeding program of threatened and endangered animals coordinated through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Born to the zoo’s pudu residents Ted and Maggie, the baby weighed less than 2 pounds at birth, animal keeper Megan Blandford said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Woodland Park Zoo’s new pudu fawn, which animal keepers have taken to calling Leia, was born on May the 4th.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

“That’s probably one of the reasons why we produce lots of little pudu babies,” Blandford said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Besides these, the country produced the guanaco, and the pudu, a species of wild goat, and a great variety of birds.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert