variants:
or less commonly koodoo
plural kudu or kudus also koodoo or koodoos
Definition of kudu
: a large grayish brown African antelope (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) with large annulated spirally twisted horns
also
: a related antelope (T. imberbis)
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The first known use of kudu was in 1777
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