Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small African antelopes of the genera Cephalophus, Philantomba, or Sylvicapra, having short, backward-pointing horns and inhabiting forests or thickets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Short for
duiker-bok .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of any species of small
antelope of theCephalophinae subfamily .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When alarmed, they plunge into the protection of dense vegetation - hence the origin of the name duiker, which means "diver."
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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The duiker is another little antelope that one meets frequently in the grassy places of East Africa.
In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909
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The word "duiker" means dive in Afrikaans, which suits the duiker as they are known for diving for cover in the forest or brush.
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Other mammals include forest elephant Loxodonta africana cyclotis (EN), estimated at 3,250 individuals in 1989, now reduced for their meat and ivory from 350 to 2 families, hippotamus Hippopotamus amphibious, forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus, leopard Panthera pardus, forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, bongo Tragelaphus euryceros and seven species of duiker, all taken for food.
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
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It was a package deal offered in partnership with a South African outfit called Frontier Safaris -- the package allowed a duiker, a warthog, an impala, a blesbok, a gemsbok, two species of springbok, a bushbok, a wildebeest, and a kudu.
Plains Game Safari Photos from South Africa's East Cape 2009
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Indeed, one lives among all the other creatures that lurk day and night, which means walking out of your suite and running into impala, duiker, warthogs, vervet monkeys and the occasional leopard don't worry the staff will give you a heads-up if one is on the prowl.
Maria Russo: A Rare Safari in South Africa (PHOTOS) Maria Russo 2010
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Indeed, one lives among all the other creatures that lurk day and night, which means walking out of your suite and running into impala, duiker, warthogs, vervet monkeys and the occasional leopard don't worry the staff will give you a heads-up if one is on the prowl.
Maria Russo: A Rare Safari in South Africa (PHOTOS) Maria Russo 2010
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Suitcases stuffed with dried duiker antelope that's later sold door to door.
theGrio: Tainted Meat Exposes US Consumers to HIV-like Virus 2010
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There are also is an isolated population of the Cape dassie Procavia capensis, also tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis; and bush pig Potamochoerus porcus, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus, bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, Maxwell's duiker Cephalophus maxwelli and black duiker C. niger, bay duiker C. dorsalis and forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
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Within the St. Floris region, the most abundant large mammals seem to be kob Kobus kob, hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus and grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia, with other fairly abundant ungulates including waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, oribi Ourebia ourebi, topi Damaliscus lunatus, reedbuck Redunca redunca, roan antelope Hippotragus equines and giant eland Taurotragus derbianus; also buffalo Syncerus caffer, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus and hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius.
Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic 2009
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