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Kudu

/ˈkuːduː/

A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu).

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A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu).

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Word	Definition
koodoonoun	(dated) Alternative spelling of kudu. [A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).]
koudounoun	(dated) Alternative spelling of kudu. [A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kudu"

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Word	Definition
koodoonoun	(dated) Alternative spelling of kudu. [A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).]
koudounoun	(dated) Alternative spelling of kudu. [A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).]
greater kudunoun	A kudu of species Tragelaphus strepsiceros, of eastern and southern Africa.
lesser kudunoun	A forest antelope found in East Africa (Tragelaphus imberbis).
sable antelopenoun	A large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.
zebra antelopenoun	Synonym of zebra duiker.
zebra duikernoun	A small striped antelope, of species Cephalophus zebra, found in parts of Africa.
dik-diknoun	A small antelope of the genus Madoqua, native to southern and eastern Africa, having an elongated snout, a brown or grey/gray coat with a white belly, and an upright tuft on the crown.
konzenoun	A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), similar to the hartebeest, but without a black patch on the face and with shorter and flatter horns.
harnessed antelopenoun	Any antelope of the genus Tragelaphus, especially the bushbuck.
kleeneboknoun	A blue duiker, a small, active antelope of South Africa (Philantomba monticola).
bush antelopenoun	A bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus.
imbabalanoun	A bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), one of two species, ranging more into southern and eastern Africa than the other species, the harnessed bushbuck
bushbucknoun	Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
african buffalonoun	A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer.
dikdiknoun	Alternative form of dik-dik (“kind of antelope”). [A small antelope of the genus Madoqua, native to southern and eastern Africa, having an elongated snout, a brown or grey/gray coat with a white belly, and an upright tuft on the crown.]
pukunoun	A medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa (Kobus vardonii).
gemsboknoun	A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
tsessebenoun	A large African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus (formerly Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartebeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
addaxnoun	A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.