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klipspringer

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Noun
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klip=spring=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

klipspringern. [D., lit., cliff springer.].
     A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

klipspringer, n. a S. African dwarf antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, which can bound up and down rocky slopes.

Etymology
Afrik. f. klip rock + springer jumper

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