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Koodoo
Koo′doo
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A large South African antelope (
Strepsiceros kudu
). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut
. [Written also
kudu
.] Definition 2024
koodoo
koodoo
English
Noun
koodoo (plural koodoos)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of kudu
- 1976 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld p. 190. Longman: ISBN 0582161231 (The book was first published in 1907).
- "The koodoo lying partly on its side, with both hind-legs hampered by the mass of dead wood, could not rise, but it swept the clear space in front with the terrible horns, and for some time kept Jock at bay."
- 1976 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld p. 190. Longman: ISBN 0582161231 (The book was first published in 1907).