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duiker

/dahy-ker/US // ˈdaɪ kər //UK // (ˈdaɪˌkə) //

杜克尔,斗牛士,杜克

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dui·kers, dui·ker.

    • : any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.

Examples

  • Upon reaching the road, it stopped, and looked at me, and I then saw that it was a duiker.

  • They are all small, the dik-dik being scarcely larger than a rabbit, and they are divided into as many subspecies as the duiker.

  • In fact, it gets its Dutch name for that reason, duiker bok, meaning "diving buck" in Dutch.

  • The duiker is another little antelope that one meets frequently in the grassy places of East Africa.

  • The banded duiker (C. doriae) from West Africa is golden brown with black transverse bands on the back and loins.