| 单词 | duikerbok |
| 释义 | duikerbok in British English (ˈdaɪkəbɒk) noun another name for duiker (sense 1) duiker in British English or duyker (ˈdaɪˌkə) nounWord forms: plural -kers or -ker 1. Also called: duikerbok (ˈdaɪkəbɒk) any small antelope of the genera Cephalophus and Sylvicapra, occurring throughout Africa south of the Sahara, having short straight backward-pointing horns, pointed hooves, and an arched back 2. South Africa any of several cormorants, esp the long-tailed shag (Phalacrocorax africanus) Word origin C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch duiker diver, from duiken to dive; see duck2duikerbok in American English (ˈdaikərˌbɑk) nounWord forms: plural -boks or esp collectively -bok duiker Word origin [1780–90; ‹ Afrik, equiv. to duiker duiker + bok buck1]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dynamics, fluff, oxygen, rosette, vampire bat |
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