klipspringer

[ klip-spring-er ]

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

Origin of klipspringer

1
1775–85; <Afrikaans: literally, rock-springer

Words Nearby klipspringer

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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.

  • The klipspringer represents a genus by itself, the various local forms not being worthy of more than racial distinction.

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

Origin of klipspringer

1
C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch klip rock (see cliff) + springer, from springen to spring

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