Duiker


[dahy-ker] /ˈdaɪ kər/

noun, plural duikers (especially collectively) duiker.
1.
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.
/ˈdaɪˌkə/
noun (pl) -kers, -ker
1.
Also called duikerbok (ˈdaɪkəbɒk). any small antelope of the genera Cephalophus and Sylvicapra, occurring throughout Africa south of the Sahara, having short straight backward-pointing horns, pointed hooves, and an arched back
2.
(South African) any of several cormorants, esp the long-tailed shag (Phalacrocorax africanus)

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