"pookoo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pookoos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pookoo (plural pookoos)
  1. Obsolete form of puku (“medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: puku (extra: medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa)
    Sense id: en-pookoo-en-noun-5iTZKS03 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The pookoo (Cobus Vardoni), named after Major Vardon, a mighty hunter of Livingstone's early period, is another rare, water-loving antelope, found by one or two travellers near the Zambesi in the direction of the Chobe Kiver Junction.",
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          "text": "Returning to camp I saw my first pookoo standing out in the middle of the plain. It had seen me, so that I could approach no nearer than three hundred yards. […] The pookoo is a most beautiful little antelope, and carries itself exactly like a waterbuck. The hair is reddish, long and curly, and the hide (as with all the waterbucks) very tough and thick.",
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