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kudu

(ko̵̅o̅′do̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. kudus or kudu

either of two large, grayish-brown African antelopes (genus Tragelaphus), with narrow, white stripes across the back and long, twisted horns

Origin: Hottentot

See kudu in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also koo·doo

noun pl. kudu 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.

Origin:

Origin: Afrikaans koedoe

Origin: , from Xhosa i-quda, i-qudu

Origin: , perhaps from Nama kudu

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