Klipspringer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small agile African antelope (Oreotragus oreotragus) having large ears.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pygmyantelope of South Africa, Oreotragus saltatrix or Nanotragus oreotragus, inhabiting the rocky fastnesses of the Cape.
    • Word Usage
    "You might meet an occasional "klipspringer" (an antelope in habits and appearance somewhat like the chamois), a wandering troop of baboons, and now and then a herd of eland in the more grassy areas."
    Variant
    kainsi    klippspringer   
     
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