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klipspringer
[ klip-spring-er ]
noun
- a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
klipspringer
/ ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə /
noun
- a small agile antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, inhabiting rocky regions of Africa south of the Sahara
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Word History and Origins
Origin of klipspringer1
1775–85; < Afrikaans: literally, rock-springer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of klipspringer1
C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch klip rock (see cliff ) + springer, from springen to spring
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Example Sentences
I had just crossed it where the path dipped, when, looking up, there stood a klipspringer gazing at me.
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A little klipspringer was brought to us, so young that for the first few weeks it was fed with milk from a baby's bottle.
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The klipspringer represents a genus by itself, the various local forms not being worthy of more than racial distinction.
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He dashed through the stream and ran up the shelf like a klipspringer after me.
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They had made a sad mistake about the powers of that klipspringer.
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