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duiker definition

dui·ker (dī′kər)

noun pl. duikers -·kers or duiker -·ker

any of several small African antelopes (as genera Cephalophus and Sylvicapra) common south of the Sahara

Etymology: Du duiker, lit., a diver < duiken, to duck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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