duiker
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duiker
- /ˈdaɪkɚ/ US
- /ˈdaɪkə/ UK
Sounds like diker · Rhymes with -aɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.
noun duikers · duyker
- 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).
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Talk about this word "duiker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/duiker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. duiker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/duiker "duiker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/duiker.Cite this
@misc{duiker_2026,
title = {duiker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duiker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
