kudu

Definition

A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I watched from a distance as rangers left a kudu carcass to entice the lions to walk through the gates."