ku·du

[koo-doo]
noun
a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.
Also, koodoo.


Origin:
1770–80; < Afrikaans koedoe < Khoikhoi ǂkudu

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kudu or koodoo (ˈkuːduː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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]
 
koodoo or koodoo
 
n
 
[C18: from Afrikaans koedoe, probably from Khoi]

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Kudu is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
They whittled one end to a point and tied bird feathers to the other with the tendons of the kudu antelope.
Locally extinct animals include eland, kudu, oryx and the wild dog.
He smears bitumen from an old car battery onto the end of the shaft, heats it again, and binds twine made of kudu sinew around it.
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