Definition of "kudu" []

• 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. (noun)

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• "Andrew Sanocki This lion in Botswana's Okavango Delta will remain with his kill—a species of antelope known as the kudu—for several days, until he has finished consuming it."
• "Hunters of Africa mind the kudu, which is one of the reports of antelope, surprised that the animal, he fled."
• "This fence has prevented the eastwards migration of large mammals such as kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) to the eastern Sperregebiet after times of good rain when this area becomes a lush grassland."