dik-dik
any antelope of the genus Madoqua or Rhynchotragus, of eastern and southwestern Africa, growing only to 14 inches (36 centimeters) high at the shoulder.
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How to use dik-dik in a sentence
This animal turned out to be a little mouse-deer, or dik-dik.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot MayoThey are all small, the dik-dik being scarcely larger than a rabbit, and they are divided into as many subspecies as the duiker.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonWe saw another dik-dik, and then started for home, in a temperature that was very hot indeed.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot MayoAfter I had gone a little way a dik-dik crossed the dry river-bed in front of me; I fired at him, but it was too long a shot.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot Mayodik-dik flesh is very good eating; it tastes better roasted when one has bacon to add to it.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot Mayo
British Dictionary definitions for dik-dik
/ (ˈdɪkˌdɪk) /
any small antelope of the genus Madoqua, inhabiting semiarid regions of Africa, having an elongated muzzle and, in the male, small stout horns
Origin of dik-dik
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