KOODOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does koodoo mean? 

• KOODOO (noun)
  The noun KOODOO has 1 sense:

1. either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

  Familiarity information: KOODOO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOODOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

koodoo; koudou; kudu

Hypernyms ("koodoo" is a kind of...):

antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "koodoo"):

greater kudu; Tragelaphus strepsiceros (a variety of kudu)

lesser kudu; Tragelaphus imberbis (a smaller variety of kudu)

Holonyms ("koodoo" is a member of...):

genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)