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Definition of Duyker
1. a small antelope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duyker
Literary usage of Duyker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"Unless this covert has been lately burnt, the duyker rarely gives the ... All the
duyker I have myself got have been killed with a shot-gun and BB shot ..."
2. Big Game Shooting by Horatio Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"Carrington had them, I have seen excellent runs, both with the duyker and steenbok,
... The duyker stands about 22 inches at the shoulder, is in colour of a ..."
3. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"It is therefore very difficult to follow the course d« duyker, as it makes so
many sharp turns ... One must, however, be a good shot to secure a duyker with ..."
4. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"It is therefore very difficult to follow the course of a duyker, as it makes so
... One must, however, be a good shot to secure a duyker with certainty, ..."
5. A Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or South Atlantic Ocean, Including the by Alexander George Findlay (1867)
"duyker POINT (or Chapman's Head), which is the westernmost point of the Cape ...
Half a mile to the north-eastward of duyker Point there is a dry ledge of ..."
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