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ku·du

also koo·doo (ko͞o′do͞o)

n. pl. kudu or ku·dus also koodoo or koo·doos

Either of two large African antelopes (Tragelaphus strepsiceros or T. imberbis) having a brownish or grayish coat with white vertical stripes and, in the male, long, spirally curved horns.

[Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-quda, i-qudu, perhaps from Nama kudu.]

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kudu

(ˈkuːduː) or

koodoo

(Animals) either of two spiral-horned antelopes, Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu) or T. imberbis (lesser kudu), which inhabit the bush of Africa

[C18: from Afrikaans koedoe, probably from Khoi]

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ku•du

or koo•doo

(ˈku du)

n., pl. -dus or -doos.

either of two large African antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus, with narrow white body stripes, esp. T. strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.

[1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ≠kudu]

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Noun

kudu - either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

koodoo, koudou

antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus - African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks

greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros - a variety of kudu

lesser kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis - a smaller variety of kudu

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Now of a sudden a great koodoo bull appeared for an instant standing out against the sky on the crest of the ridge, then vanished in the shadow.

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I was telling Evans one night, I remember, of some wonderful workings I had found whilst hunting koodoo and eland in what is now the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal.

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The Hottentots eagerly devour the marrow of the koodoo and other antelopes raw, as a matter of course.