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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) orkoodoo
n
(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 | 1. |  kudu - either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bushantelope - 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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