koodoo

[ koo-doo ]

/ ˈku du /

kudu.

Words nearby koodoo

konstanz, kontakion, konya, koo, koobi fora, koodoo, kook, kookaburra, kooky, kool-aid, koolhaas

kudu

[ koo-doo ]

/ ˈku du /

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

1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ǂkudu

The Hottentots eagerly devour the marrow of the koodoo and other antelopes raw, as a matter of course.

Excursions and Poems |Henry David Thoreau
At length a single animal appeared, a koodoo buck that somehow had got mixed up with the cattle.

Child of Storm |H. Rider Haggard
There is no mane on the back of the neck, as is the case with the koodoo.

Bible Animals; |J. G. Wood
The koodoo is remarkably fond of the green stalks of this kind of millet.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa |David Livingstone

The Koodoo is another large species, of which South Africa is the home.

Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found |Mayne Reid

koodoo

/ (ˈkuːduː) /

a variant spelling of kudu

kudu

/ (ˈkuːduː) /

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