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koo·doo
(ko͞o′do͞o)n.
Variant of kudu.
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koodoo
(ˈkuːduː)n
(Animals) a variant spelling of kudu
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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 | 1. | koodoo - either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush 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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