klipspringern.
/ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/ A small African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus.
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1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 224 The klip-springer has obtained the name it bears from its running with the greatest velocity, and making large bounds even on the steepest precipices.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 204 Several species of beautiful wild animals—such as the quagga, zebra,..klipspringer.
1885 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 280/1 The klip-springer, the little chamois that is so clever at eluding dogs and men.
1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 245 The dainty little klipspringers led them many a crazy dance along the crags and ledges of the mountain face, jumping from rock to rock.
1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 68 I always thought to be A klipspringer or chamois.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xvi. 115 The klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus).
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xvi. 115 The ubiquitous klipspringer, truly the chamois of Ethiopia.
1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. xxi/5 But two other local races special to Nigeria, of that curious little pithy-haired antelope, the Klipspringer,..seem doomed.
1972 L. van der Post Story like Wind vi. 180 This man in front of him wore nothing except a loin-cloth of soft yellow klipspringer leather.
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