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Wiktionary
n. Small antelope found in Central Africa (''Kobus vardonii'')
WordNet
n. an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck [syn: Adenota vardoni]
Wikipedia
The puku (Kobus vardonii) is an medium-sized antelope found in wet grasslands in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia. Nearly one-third of their species is found in protected areas, zoos, and national parks due to their diminishing habitat.
The term puku can have several meanings:
- Puku is a variety of African antelope
- Puku is a dialect of the ut-Ma'in language of Nigeria
- Puku is a dialect of the Noho language of Cameroon
- Puku is the name of an Aquapet toy
- Puku is a Japanese counter word
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Puku is a Māori term used as a loanword in New Zealand English, meaning belly or centre. It found in several place names
- Te Puku, an island of Tokelau
- Te Puku O Te Whenua, a former New Zealand electorate
Usage examples of "puku".
The only spoor out there was that of the wild buffalo herds, of the dainty red puku antelope, and the tracks of nine men, the same tracks that led from the crash site of the Viscount, and which Tungata and his cadre had laid only three hours previously.
They passed enormous herds of impala and hartebeest and then later a herd of puku grazing with zebra while a lone puku buck stood off to the side, head up, alert, on guard to protect the others.