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kudu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkuːduː/ (UK)

Etymology

Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou.

Meanings

1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).
   • I watched from a distance as rangers left a kudu carcass to entice the lions to walk through the gates. 2004 December 4, Beverley Fearis, The Guardian:
   • Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres. 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 72:

Forms

Deriveds

kudu berry

Translations (24)

es kudú (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · af koedoe (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · de Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · nl koedoe (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · it cudù (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · ar مُرَامِرِيّ (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · zu umgankla (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · ro kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · bg куду (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · tl kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · cs kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · sk kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · pt goma (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · ss lishongololo (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · nv jádítsoh (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · niq solgoi (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · pt olongo (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · apd نيلت (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · fr koudou (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · sn nhoro (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · pt cudo (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · xh iqhude (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · sw tandala (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) · it kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros)