koudou
- noun
- South African
- We spotted a koudou grazing near the riverbank during our safari in Botswana.
Examples
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The hunter admired the impressive spiral horns of the male koudou.
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Many wildlife reserves in Africa work to protect the habitat of the koudou.
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The koudou is known for its impressive horns.
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Many tourists are fascinated by the koudou in Africa.
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We spotted a koudou grazing near the riverbank during our safari in Botswana.
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The hunter admired the impressive spiral horns of the male koudou.
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Many wildlife reserves in Africa work to protect the habitat of the koudou.
Synonyms
A large African antelope with twisted horns and white body stripes
A large African antelope with long twisted horns
A large African antelope with long spiral horns and white stripes on its body
A large African antelope with long twisted horns and body stripes
A small African animal like a deer with white stripes and spiral horns that lives in dry woodlands
A small African antelope with a slender body and spiral horns
Surface Forms
Etymology
Koudou comes from a South African word that meant 'antelope' and was borrowed into Dutch and Afrikaans as koedoe, later appearing in English as kudu or koudou. That's why koudou today names the large African antelope with long, twisted horns and distinctive stripes.