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# kudu

noun (a kudu, kudus or kudu)

«kudu» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large African antelope with grey-brown fur and thin white stripes; the males have long, spiral, twisted horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#m1)
2. There are two kinds: the greater kudu and the lesser kudu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons about African animals and food chains: kudu eat leaves and are hunted by lions and leopards. Their horns are used as musical horns in some places. Phrases: greater kudu, lesser kudu, kudu horn.

### Examples

- The kudu has amazing spiral horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x1)
- We saw three kudu drinking at the waterhole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x2)
- Kudu eat leaves from bushes and trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x3)
- A lion was stalking a kudu in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x4)
- Female kudu do not have horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x5)
- The kudu jumped over a two-metre fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x6)
- In the food chain, kudu are herbivores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/#x7)

### Note

Countable: plural «kudus» or «kudu». Pronounced KOO-doo. Comes from a southern African language via Afrikaans.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kudu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kudu/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kudu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kudu.html) on Mova free.