kudu

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   either of two large African antelopes whose males bear long spiral horns, the greater kudu and the lesser kudu

   A male kudu turned its head carefully so that its spiral horns cleared the thorn branches.

Borrowed through Afrikaans koedoe from Khoekhoe kudu-b, the local name for the antelope. The historical English spelling koodoo reflects the same borrowing.

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