duiker

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US/ˈdaɪkɚ/UK/ˈdaɪkə/

noun

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

OriginAfrikaans duiker ← Dutch duiker ← Middle Dutch dukere →
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Meanings

nounduiker (plural duikers)

plural duikers · alternative duyker

  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

Origin

  1. Middle Dutchdukere
  2. Dutchduiker
  3. Afrikaansduiker
  4. Englishduiker

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

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Translations

Afrikaans duiker
  • duikerOne of any species of small antelope
Bulgarian ду́кер
  • ду́кер (dúker)One of any species of small antelope
Catalan duiquer
  • duiquerOne of any species of small antelope
Chinese Mandarin 麂羚
  • 麂羚 (jǐlíng)One of any species of small antelope
Dutch duiker
  • duikerOne of any species of small antelope
Finnish sukeltaja-antilooppi, puikkija
  • sukeltaja-antilooppiOne of any species of small antelope
  • puikkijaOne of any species of small antelope
German Ducker
  • DuckerOne of any species of small antelope
Irish dícear
  • dícearOne of any species of small antelope
Italian cefalofo
  • cefalofoOne of any species of small antelope
Polish dujker
  • dujkerOne of any species of small antelope
Portuguese bâmbi
  • bâmbiOne of any species of small antelope
Russian ду́кер
  • ду́кер (dúker)One of any species of small antelope
Swahili paa
  • paaOne of any species of small antelope
Vietnamese linh dương hoẵng, kỉ linh
  • linh dương hoẵngOne of any species of small antelope
  • kỉ linhOne of any species of small antelope

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with duiker

bikerstrikerhikerpikerRykerlikerpsyker
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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

duiker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duiker

MLA

“duiker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duiker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duiker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duiker.

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