duiker
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duikers,
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duiker
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Also called: duikerbok. any small antelope of the genera Cephalophus and Sylvicapra, occurring throughout Africa south of the Sahara, having short straight backward-pointing horns, pointed hooves, and an arched back
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any of several cormorants, esp the long-tailed shag ( Phalacrocorax africanus )
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Etymology
Origin of duiker
1770–80; < Afrikaans, Dutch duiker diver, equivalent to duiken to dive ( see duck 2) + -er -er 1
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The bay duiker antelope, for example, gives birth to offspring that weigh about as much as the estimated newborn C. theotonicus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“If a hunt begins, it follows group lines: The duiker group chases duikers, the anomalure group pursues anomalures.”
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
After a long march, the team found what was left of the dead duiker, surrounded by buzzing flies.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 28, 2021
Three species of African antelope — bay duiker, white-bellied duiker and yellow-backed duiker — also have moved from “least concern” to “near threatened.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2016
She made out the prints of kudu, waterbuck, and duiker, the splayed mark of guinea fowl, the looping trail of a burtua lizard.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
One group goes after anomalures, which resemble flying squirrels, while the other hunts small antelopes called duikers.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
“We are expecting to see an increase in bushmeat hunting for food – duikers, antelopes and monkeys,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
The populations of chimpanzees, duikers, and other large mammals were at about the same levels they had been in the previous surveys in the region, conducted in 2010 and 2011—“good news for conservation,” Leendertz says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 30, 2014
Sometimes they gather in groups to hunt small antelope called duikers.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
She had seen many kinds of antelope: waterbuck, duikers, bushbuck, reedbuck, and a few large kudu, whose harsh bark sometimes rang through the forest.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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