kudu

[ koo-doo ]

/ ˈku du /

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

Origin of kudu

1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ǂkudu

kuching, kudlik, kudo, kudos, kudrun, kudu, kudzu, kudzu vine, kueh, kuenlun, kufa

He reported none but old tracks of kudu, but said he had seen eight lions not far from our encounter of the day before.

The Land of Footprints |Stewart Edward White
The kirangozi blew his kudu horn much more merrily on this morning than he was accustomed to do while in Ugogo.

How I Found Livingstone |Henry M. Stanley
The horns are spiral, like those of the kudu antelope and Wallachian sheep.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore Wood
The kudu, one of the handsomest of the antelopes, is a remarkable animal in several ways.

The Human Side of Animals |Royal Dixon

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

Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) |Carl Engel

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