pookoo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."