Definition of kudu

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ku·du also koo·doo    (kd) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. kudu or ku·dus also koodoo or koo·doos

Either of two large African antelopes (Tragelaphus strepsiceros or T. imberbis) having a brownish coat with narrow, white vertical stripes and, in the male, long, spirally curved horns.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-quda, i-qudu, perhaps from Nama kudu

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