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Pulu vs Pudu - What's the difference?

pulu | pudu |

As nouns the difference between pulu and pudu

is that pulu is a silky material obtained from the fibres of species: Cibotium glaucum, a tree fern of Hawaii while pudu is a very small South American deer of the genus genus: Pudu, native to the Andes.

pulu

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia pulu)
  • A silky material obtained from the fibres of , a tree fern of Hawaii.
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    pudu

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A very small South American deer of the genus , native to the Andes.
  • * 1998 , Valerius Geist, Deer of the World , p. 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 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 30 Nov 2002:
    • 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 , p. 309:
    • Although protected by law, pudus are hunted locally for their hide and meat.