kudu

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And one morning we awoke to find a kudu -- a large antelope with spiraled horns

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  1. noun Either of two large African antelopes (Tragelaphus strepsiceros or T. imberbis) having a brownish coat with narrow, white vertical stripes and, in the male, long, spirally curved horns.

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  • Zambia … we feasted on game we shot for campmeat … gemsbok, cape buffalo (usually jerked), kudu, and impalas. —  The Pour
  • And one morning we awoke to find a kudu -- a large antelope with spiraled horns —  post-gazette.com - News
  • But it is not pleasant to have a time limit by which you must get your kudu or perhaps never get it, nor even see one. —  Bright Idea Outdoors Weblog
  • The vast herds of antelope - the characteristic springbok, kudu, eland, red hartebeest - were slaughtered for food and, as their numbers declined, so did the carnivorous predators, lion, leopard and cheetah.
  • The kudu is largely protected in East Africa, and in my shooting experience I was not in a district where he was to be found. —  In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
 

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  1. Afrikaans koedoe, from Xhosa i-quda, i-qudu, perhaps from Nama kudu.
 

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