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Definition of Koodoo

1. Noun. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.

Definition of Koodoo

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.

Definition of Koodoo

1. Noun. (dated) (alternative form of kudu) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Koodoo

1. kudu [n -DOOS] - See also: kudu

Medical Definition of Koodoo

1. A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general colour 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. Synonym: nellut. Alternative forms: kudu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Koodoo

Literary usage of Koodoo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"For koodoo hunting in Somaliland, the chapter in Captain ... It must be remembered that the best koodoo ground in that country, namely the Golis range and ..."

2. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"while of Central African antelopes the following is, I think, a complete list— The greater koodoo The sable. The roan . The eland Lichtenstein's hartebeest ..."

3. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: With by Harald G. C. Swayne (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THREE WEEKS' koodoo-STALKING ON GOLIS RANGE, 1893 Our hunting camp in the mountains—The "Rock of the Seven Robbers"— Exciting koodoo hunt; ..."

4. Big Game Shooting by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"As a rule, the koodoo is a beast which lends itself far more to careful ... In hill country, not too much bushed, where koodoo can be made out with a good ..."

5. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"... koodoo, is upwards of 5 feet high at the shoulder, and above 9 feet in extreme length: it has a ..."

6. Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the by John George Wood (1874)
"I have often thought that the much-vexed question of the best leather for boot-laces might be easily solved by the use of koodoo hide. ..."

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