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ipiti S. Afr.|ˈɪpɪtɪ|
Also impiti, ipiete.
[Zulu i-mpiti.]
The blue duiker, Cephalophus monticola, the smallest South African antelope.
1836R. M. Martin Hist. S. Afr. i. iv. 138 They [sc. the ‘Caffres’] display considerable taste in the arrangement of their dress, particularly for the head, which is covered by a turban made of the skin of the ‘ipiete’, a species of antelope. 1878T. J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport S. Afr. viii. 101 Immediately around Pietermaritzberg the game is comparatively scarce, consisting principally of the small Ipite Bok, a graceful little antelope. 1879R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boerland 26, I shot a few small buck known as impiti..not much larger than a hare. 1905D. Blackburn Richard Hartley xiii. 244 The beautiful little ipiti, no bigger than a toy-terrier and quite as sprightly and alert. 1926R. Lydekker Game Animals Afr. (ed. 2) 143 (heading) Blue Buck or Blue Duiker... Ipiti, Zulu. 1934B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days Natal ii. 33 Twice we saw some of the fairy bucks—the darling little ipiti—which immediately won our hearts. |