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klip·springer (klip′spriŋ′ər)

noun pl. klipspringers -·ers or klipspringer -·er

a small, agile mountain antelope (Oreotragus oreotragus) of S and E Africa

Etymology: Afrik < Du klip, a rock, cliff + springer, springer

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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