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dui⋅ker

[dahy-ker]
–noun, plural -kers, (especially collectively) -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.

Origin:
1770–80; < Afrik, D duiker diver, equiv. to duiken to dive (see duck 2 ) + -er -er 1
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dui·ker   (dī'kər)   
n.  Any of various small African antelopes of the genera Cephalophus or Sylvicapra, having short, backward-pointing horns.

[Afrikaans, from Dutch duiken, to dive, from Middle Dutch dūken.]
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