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kudu

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kudu

Main Entry:: ku·du
Variant(s):: also koo·doo \ˈkü-(ˌ)dü\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural kudu or kudus also koodoo or koodoos
Etymology:: Afrikaans koedoe, from Khoikhoi kudu-b, kudu-s
Date:: 1777

: a large grayish brown African antelope (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) with large annulated spirally twisted horns ; also : a related antelope (T. imberbis)

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