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kudu
[ koo-doo ]
noun
- a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.
kudu
/ ˈkuːduː /
noun
- either of two spiral-horned antelopes, Tragelaphus strepsiceros ( greater kudu ) or T. imberbis ( lesser kudu ), which inhabit the bush of Africa
Word History and Origins
Origin of kudu1
Word History and Origins
Origin of kudu1
Example Sentences
Modern hunter-gatherers in Africa’s Kalahari Desert still use the technique to run down kudu, eland, gemsbok, and other antelope.
There’s also a new male lesser kudu, a kind of antelope, born March 29.
The kudu stood five feet six inches high; horns, three feet on the straight.
Kudu Kuduppai, a very diminutive double darabouka of brass and fish bladder, Hindustan.
The kirangozi blew his kudu horn much more merrily on this morning than he was accustomed to do while in Ugogo.
The gemsbok is of about the same size as the kudu, and is gray in color above and white below.
The kudu is found all over Africa, from the Cape to Abyssinia, though it is now very rare in the extreme south.
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