Thesaurus: koodoo

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1. n. 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.
2. n. either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
3. 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.]
4. A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The maleshave graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The generalcolor is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands oneach side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluishgray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females arehornless. Called also nellut. [Written also kudu.]
5. n either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush