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kudu

  • /ˈkuːduː/ UK

Rhymes with -uːduː

Where it comes from

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

noun kudus · kudu · koodoo · koudou

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

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noun Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Españolkudú
Kiswahilitandala
Portuguêscudo, goma, olongo
Françaiskoudou
DeutschKudu
Italianocudù, kudu
Românăkudu
العربيةمُرَامِرِيّ murāmiriyy

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"kudu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kudu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kudu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kudu

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"kudu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kudu.

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@misc{kudu_2026,
  title = {kudu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kudu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}