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▪ I. ‖ duiker1, duyker|ˈdaɪkə(r)|
[Du. duiker (ˈdœykər):—MDu. dûker = Ger. taucher ducker or diver: see ducker1.]
In full, duikerbok: A small South African antelope, Cephalopus mergens; so called from its habit of plunging through the bushes when pursued.
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 84 The duyker or diving antelope..is not yet sufficiently known. 1786Sparrman Voy. Cape G.H. II. 224 As for the duyker-bok, or diving goat, I have only had a single glimpse of it. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. 23 And the duiker at my tread Sudden lifts his startled head. 1895Longm. Mag. July 263 Dainty steinboks and timid duykers..began to feed.
▪ II. ‖ duiker2 S. Afr.|ˈdaɪkə(r), ˈdœykər|
[Afrikaans, f. Du.: see duiker.]
Any of several cormorants of the genus Phalacrocorax, esp. P. carbo.
1838D. Moodie tr. Record i. 13 The yacht returned from Robben Island, bringing about an hundred black birds, called duikers, (cormorants) of a good flavour. 1856C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami ii. 16 The way in which the ‘duikers’ (cormorants and shags) obtain their food is not uninteresting. 1950L. G. Green At Daybreak for Isles iii. 129 Besides the trek-duiker and white-breasted duiker, there is a species on the islands known as the bank duiker... The reed duiker..also nests on the islands; but this is really a fresh-water bird. Ibid. iii. 29 The shy duikers, the cormorants that can only be approached on their nests or in the darkness. |