pudu

• pudú

From South American Spanish pudú, from Mapudungun pudu (“small deer”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːduː/, /puːˈduː/

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pudu (plural pudus or pudu)

1. A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu, native to the Andes.

   Synonym: (archaic) venada

   • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 120:

     Whereas the southern pudu is more uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the northern form is light but has a very dark (aggressive) face in both sexes.

   • 2002 November 30, Chris Moss, The Guardian:

     In the undergrowth, native pudú deer scutter, lower than knee-height and wary of visitors; even shyer are the tall, elegant huemul deer, threatened almost to extinction and now only to be found high up the mountainsides.

   • 2008, Sharon R Chester, A Wildlife Guide to Chile, page 309:

     Although protected by law, pudus are hunted locally for their hide and meat.

pudu m (invariable)

1. pudú