kudu

or koo·doo

[ koo-doo ]

noun

1. a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.

kudu

/ ˈkuːduː /

noun

1. 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

1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ǂkudu

Word History and Origins

Origin of kudu¹

C18: from Afrikaans koedoe, probably from Khoi

Example Sentences

Modern hunter-gatherers in Africa’s Kalahari Desert still use the technique to run down kudu, eland, gemsbok, and other antelope.

From Popular-Science

There’s also a new male lesser kudu, a kind of antelope, born March 29.

From Washington Post

The kudu stood five feet six inches high; horns, three feet on the straight.

From Project Gutenberg

Kudu Kuduppai, a very diminutive double darabouka of brass and fish bladder, Hindustan.

From Project Gutenberg

The kirangozi blew his kudu horn much more merrily on this morning than he was accustomed to do while in Ugogo.

From Project Gutenberg

The gemsbok is of about the same size as the kudu, and is gray in color above and white below.

From Project Gutenberg

The kudu is found all over Africa, from the Cape to Abyssinia, though it is now very rare in the extreme south.

From Project Gutenberg