duiker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdaɪkɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈdaɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.
Meanings
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Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
Next day she rose early, and went out with the gun and killed a duiker on the edge of the Big Tobacco Land (where her father had grown tobacco during his season's phase of believing in it).
1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| duyker | alternative | lexicographic | |
| duikers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Walter's duiker · Ogilby's duiker · black-fronted duiker · crowned duiker · banded duiker · Ader's duiker · common duiker · blue duiker · Peters's duiker · Brooke's duiker · black duiker · Ruwenzori duiker · Jentink's duiker · white-bellied duiker · zebra duiker · Weyns's duiker · bay duiker · red forest duiker · Harvey's duiker · Maxwell's duiker · yellow-backed duiker · red-flanked duiker · Abbott's duiker
Descendants
Hyponyms
Translations (22)
ha gada (One of any species of small antelope) · vi linh dương hoẵng (One of any species of small antelope) · fi sukeltaja-antilooppi (One of any species of small antelope) · gl cefalofo (One of any species of small antelope) · vi kỉ linh (One of any species of small antelope) · cmn 麂羚 (One of any species of small antelope) · pl dujker (One of any species of small antelope) · ca duiquer (One of any species of small antelope) · ru ду́кер (One of any species of small antelope) · nl duiker (One of any species of small antelope) · gl duiker (One of any species of small antelope) · bg ду́кер (One of any species of small antelope) · ve ntsa (One of any species of small antelope) · pt bâmbi (One of any species of small antelope) · de Ducker (One of any species of small antelope) · af duiker (One of any species of small antelope) · fi puikkija (One of any species of small antelope) · tn phuti (One of any species of small antelope) · ga dícear (One of any species of small antelope) · sw paa (One of any species of small antelope) · it cefalofo (One of any species of small antelope) · gl duiquero (One of any species of small antelope)