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Kudu

2 stages from Khoikhoi to English.

Today it means a large African antelope with long spiral horns
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Stage 1 of 2
koedoe
Khoikhoi · 1700s
"the kudu antelope"
the name for the large spiral-horned antelope of southern Africa
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Stage 2 of 2
kudu
English · 1800s
"a large African antelope with spiral horns"
adopted by English-speaking colonists and naturalists
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