Also 8 koedoe, 8–9 coodoo, 9 koudou. [Xosa-Kaffir, given as iqudu in Davis’ Kaffir Dict. (1872).] A large and handsome antelope (Strepsiceros Kudu) widely distributed over the southern half of the African continent, having a brown coat marked with vertical white stripes; the male has spirally twisted horns, attaining in full-grown specimens a length of 3 feet or more.
1777. G. Forster, Voy. round World, I. 84. The Coodoo, or Kolben’s bock ohne namen (goat without a name). Ibid. (1785), trans. Sparrman’s Voy. Cape G. H., II. 213. Koedoe is the name given by the colonists to a beautiful tall gazel with long and slender shanks.
1802. Sporting Mag., XX. 141. The n’gou and koudou are also inhabitants of Caffraria.
1866. Livingstone, Last Jrnls. (1873), I. vii. 161. I got a fine male Kudu.
1879. Atcherley, Trip Boërland, 155. Advancing … with their beautiful spiral horns towering high above them, were two magnificent koodoos.
