duiker

English

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Alternative forms

• duyker

Etymology

From Afrikaans, itself from Dutch duiker (“diver”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdʌɪkə(r)/
• Rhymes: -ʌɪkə(r)

Noun

duiker (plural duikers)

1. One of any species of small antelope of the Cephalophinae subfamily.

Translations

One of any species of small antelope

• Dutch: duiker (nl) m
• Irish: dícear (ga) m

• Tswana: phuti (tn)

Derived terms

Species of duiker

Abbott's duiker, Cephalophus spadix Ader's duiker, Cephalophus adersi bay duiker, Cephalophus dorsalis black duiker, Cephalophus niger black-fronted duiker, Cephalophus nigrifrons blue duiker, Philantomba monticola common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia Brooke's duiker, Cephalophus brookei Harvey's duiker, Cephalophus harveyi Jentink's duiker, Cephalophus jentinki

Maxwell's duiker, Philantomba maxwellii Ogilby's duiker, Cephalophus ogilbyi Peters's duiker, Cephalophus callipygus red-flanked duiker, Cephalophus rufilatus red forest duiker, Cephalophus natalensis Ruwenzori duiker, Cephalophus rubidis Weyns's duiker, Cephalophus weynsi white-bellied duiker, Cephalophus leucogaster yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus sylvicultor zebra duiker, Cephalophus zebra

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• duiker

  (file)

Etymology

From duiken (“to dive”) +‎ -er.

Noun

duiker m (plural duikers, diminutive duikertje)

A small culvert.

1. an underwater diver
2. a gymnastic diver
3. a fairly narrow water passage under roads and dikes; a culvert
4. a type of waterbird; a loon (N-Am) or diver (UK)
5. a type of antilope; a duiker

Synonyms

• (an underwater diver): kikvorsman
• (a gymnastic diver): schoonspringer
• (a culvert): grondzijl, verlaat, zinker
• (a loon): zeeduiker

Derived terms

• (a diver): diepzeeduiker
• (a culvert): grondduiker

Related terms

• duik