"kudu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːduː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kudu.wav Forms: kudus [plural], kudu [plural]
Rhymes: -uːduː Etymology: Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou. Etymology templates: {{der|en|naq|kudub|kudu-b}} Khoekhoe kudu-b, {{bor|en|af|koedoe}} Afrikaans koedoe, {{bor|en|fr|koudou}} French koudou Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kudu}} kudu (plural kudus or kudu)
  1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu). Categories (lifeform): Antelopes Synonyms: koodoo [dated], koudou [dated] Derived forms: kudu berry Translations (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros): koedoe (Afrikaans), куду (kudu) [neuter] (Bulgarian), koedoe (Dutch), Kudu [masculine] (German), cudù [masculine] (Italian), kudu [masculine] (Italian), solgoi (Nandi), jádítsoh (Navajo), cudo [masculine] (Portuguese), goma [Mozambique, feminine] (Portuguese), olongo [Angola, masculine] (Portuguese), kudu [masculine] (Romanian), nhoro (Shona), kudú (Spanish), tandala (Swahili), lishongololo (Swazi), kudu (Tagalog), iqhude (Xhosa), umgankla (Zulu)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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