Definitions for koodoos

koodoos koo·doo

Spelling: [koo-doo]
IPA: /ˈku du/

Koodoos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in koodoos (dkoooos).

Definitions for koodoos

noun

  1. kudu.
  2. a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.

Origin of koodoos

1770-80; Afrikaans koedoe Khoikhoi ǂkudu

Examples for koodoos

There is no mane on the back of the neck, as is the case with the koodoo.

You ought to see all daddy's trophies—beautiful pelts, koodoo horns, hides, and ivory from many a fine tusker!

There we had nobler game to follow—wildebeest and hartebeest, impala, and now and then a koodoo.

“koodoo, pronghorn,” said Mr Rogers, looking at the herd through his glass.

I frequently came across the tracks of koodoo, but never saw one.

From its 142 large size, and long twisted horns, it bears a strong resemblance to the koodoo of Southern Africa.

The Hottentots eagerly devour the marrow of the koodoo and other antelopes raw, as a matter of course.

At length a single animal appeared, a koodoo buck that somehow had got mixed up with the cattle.

A pen had been built for the koodoo, and into this the two animals were now introduced.

Once or twice a big buck—an eland or a koodoo—broke cover, and at the sight of me went off snorting down the slope.

Word Value for koodoos
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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