ku·du also koo·doo (k  d)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 coat with narrow, white vertical stripes and, in the male, long, spirally curved horns. [Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-quda, i-qudu, perhaps from Nama kudu.] |
kudu, koodoo [ˈkuːduː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two spiral-horned antelopes, Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu) or T. imberbis (lesser kudu), which inhabit the bush of Africa
[from Afrikaans koedoe, probably from Khoi]
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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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