lesser kudu

noun

: a medium-sized antelope (Tragelaphus imberbis) of northeastern Africa that is typically bluish- to grayish-brown, has usually 11–14 pale vertical stripes on the sides, and in the male long spirally twisted horns compare greater kudu

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