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Definition of Duiker
1. Noun. One of any species of small antelope of the ''Cephalophinae'' subfamily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duiker
1. a small antelope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duiker
Literary usage of Duiker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"Besides the common duiker, other varieties are to be found in various parts of
... The duiker frequents by preference bush, or thin forest, where scrub and ..."
2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"The Abbott duiker differs widely from any of the East African species by its ...
It resembles quite closely in size and color the black duiker of the West ..."
3. From the Niger to the Nile by Boyd Alexander (1907)
"CHESTNUT duiker (Cephalophus castaneus). Obtained in the forest at Bambili. 11.
... We obtained a specimen of this duiker, which is new to science, ..."
4. Sport in East Central Africa: Being an Account of Hunting Trips in by Frederick Vaughan Kirby (1899)
"... Company—African Game Preservation Society—A tub in a storm—South-easters— Red
duiker and Livingstone's antelope — Rufous ..."
5. Ten Years in South Africa: Including a Particular Description of the Wild by John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie (1835)
"The duiker, or Ducker.—Village of Swellendam.—Economy of the Dutch. — Respect
for the English—The ..."
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