klipspringer

[ klip-spring-er ]

/ ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋ ər /

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noun

a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.

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Origin of klipspringer

1775–85; <Afrikaans: literally, rock-springer

Words nearby klipspringer

Klinefelter syndrome, Kline test, klinotaxis, Klint, klippe, klipspringer, klismos, klister, Klondike, Klondike gold rush, klondyker

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How to use klipspringer in a sentence

I had just crossed it where the path dipped, when, looking up, there stood a klipspringer gazing at me.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford
A little klipspringer was brought to us, so young that for the first few weeks it was fed with milk from a baby's bottle.
Home Life on an Ostrich Farm|Annie Martin
The klipspringer represents a genus by itself, the various local forms not being worthy of more than racial distinction.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various
He dashed through the stream and ran up the shelf like a klipspringer after me.
Prester John|John Buchan

They had made a sad mistake about the powers of that klipspringer.
The Young Yagers|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for klipspringer

klipspringer

/ (ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə) /

noun

a small agile antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, inhabiting rocky regions of Africa south of the Sahara

Word Origin for klipspringer

C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch klip rock (see cliff) + springer, from springen to spring

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