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duiker

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈdaɪkɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪkə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪkə(ɹ)
  • homophone: diker

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: coquetoon

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: duiker — One of any species of small antelope
  • Bulgarian: ду́кер (dúker) — One of any species of small antelope
  • Catalan: duiquer — One of any species of small antelope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麂羚 (jǐlíng) — One of any species of small antelope
  • Dutch: duiker — One of any species of small antelope
  • Finnish: sukeltaja-antilooppi — One of any species of small antelope
  • Finnish: puikkija — One of any species of small antelope
  • Galician: cefalofo — One of any species of small antelope
  • Galician: duiquero — One of any species of small antelope
  • Galician: duiker — One of any species of small antelope
  • German: Ducker — One of any species of small antelope
  • Hausa: gada — One of any species of small antelope
  • Irish: dícear — One of any species of small antelope
  • Italian: cefalofo — One of any species of small antelope
  • Polish: dujker — One of any species of small antelope
  • Russian: ду́кер (dúker) — One of any species of small antelope
  • Swahili: paa — One of any species of small antelope
  • Tswana: phuti — One of any species of small antelope
  • Venda: ntsa — One of any species of small antelope
  • Vietnamese: linh dương hoẵng — One of any species of small antelope
  • Vietnamese: kỉ linh — One of any species of small antelope