Pookoo

Quick meaning: Pookoo is a noun meaning Obsolete form of puku (“medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa”).

Meaning

Obsolete form of puku (“medium-sized antelope found in Central Africa”).

Example Sentences

The pookoo (Kobus vardoni) of the same country, though now extremely rare, bears the name of another sportsman who also died without putting the world into his debt.

The pookoo (Cobus Vardoni), named after Major Vardon, a mighty hunter of Livingstone's early period, is another rare, water-loving antelope, found by one or two travellers near the Zambesi in the direction of the Chobe Kiver Junction.

Returning to camp I saw my first pookoo standing out in the middle of the plain. It had seen me, so that I could approach no nearer than three hundred yards. […] The pookoo is a most beautiful little antelope, and carries itself exactly like a waterbuck. The hair is reddish, long and curly, and the hide (as with all the waterbucks) very tough and thick.

Word Forms

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