As nouns the difference between antelope and duiker
is that antelope is any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed while duiker is one of any species of small antelope of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
antelope
Noun
(
en-noun)
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana .
* 1881 , John W. Forney, The New Nobility , page 80
- "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.
See also
* bontebok
* dik-dik
* eland
* gazelle
* hartebeest
* klipspringer
* kudu
* oryx
* roan
* royal antelope
* sable antelope
* springbok
* topi
* waterbuck
* wildebeest
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* herd
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duiker
Alternative forms
* duyker
Noun
(
en noun)
One of any species of small antelope of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
Derived terms
(Species of duiker)
* Abbott's duiker, Cephalophus spadix
* Ader's duiker, Cephalophus adersi
* bay duiker, Cephalophus dorsalis
* black duiker, Cephalophus niger
* black-fronted duiker, Cephalophus nigrifrons
* blue duiker, Philantomba monticola
* common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia
* Brooke's duiker, Cephalophus brookei
* Harvey's duiker, Cephalophus harveyi
* Jentink's duiker, Cephalophus jentinki
* Maxwell's duiker, Philantomba maxwellii
* Ogilby's duiker, Cephalophus ogilbyi
* Peters's duiker, Cephalophus callipygus
* red-flanked duiker, Cephalophus rufilatus
* red forest duiker, Cephalophus natalensis
* Ruwenzori duiker, Cephalophus rubidis
* Weyns's duiker, Cephalophus weynsi
* white-bellied duiker, Cephalophus leucogaster
* yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus sylvicultor
* zebra duiker, Cephalophus zebra
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