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duiker

/ˈdaɪkə/US/ˈdaɪkɚ/

duiker noun: any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.

duiker: any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily
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Noun

duiker (plural duikers)

  1. 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

duiker meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

duiker in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும், இதன் கொம்புகள் வெற்றிடமாக, குழாய் போன்று இருக்கும், இவை மான்களைப் போல, கொம்புகளை உதிர்ப்பது இல்லை

duiker in Vietnamese

One of any species of small antelope
linh dương hoẵng, kỉ linh

Forms of duiker

pluralduikers
alternative formduyker

Origin of duiker

Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.

Words formed from duiker

  • Abbott's duiker
  • Ader's duiker
  • banded duiker
  • bay duiker
  • black duiker
  • black-fronted duiker
  • blue duiker
  • common duiker
  • crowned duiker
  • Brooke's duiker
  • Harvey's duiker
  • Jentink's duiker
  • Maxwell's duiker
  • Ogilby's duiker
  • Peters's duiker
  • red-flanked duiker
  • red forest duiker
  • Ruwenzori duiker
  • Walter's duiker
  • Weyns's duiker
  • white-bellied duiker
  • yellow-backed duiker
  • zebra duiker

Words that rhyme with duiker

Questions about duiker

What does duiker mean?
Duiker means any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
What is duiker in Tamil?
Duiker in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும், இதன் கொம்புகள் வெற்றிடமாக, குழாய் போன்று இருக்கும். See Duiker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is duiker?
Duiker is a noun.
How do you pronounce duiker?
Duiker is pronounced /ˈdaɪkɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of duiker?
The plural of duiker is duikers.

Words near duiker in the dictionary

  1. Duhring's disease
  2. duhunga
  3. dui
  4. Duignan
  5. Duignans
  6. duiker
  7. duikerbok
  8. duikerboks
  9. duikers
  10. duilian
  11. duilians

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: duiker (page history and authors); duiker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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