Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several very small African antelopes of the genus Madoqua.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small African antelope, Madaqua phillipsi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
antelope of southern and easternAfrica having anelongated snout , a brown or grey/graycoat with a whitebelly , and an uprighttuft on thecrown .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I liked Observe and Report, but it didnt seem like they knew what kind of movie they wanted to make. dik-dik
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A few species, like the greater kudu and the Damara dik-dik have even benefited from bush encroachment.
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Coffin clicked shut his phone and sat for a moment, staring at the stuffed, severed head of a dik-dik that smiled upon the wall.
The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007
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Two strictly endemic mammals are also found, the silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii, VU) and the Somali golden mole (Chlorotalpa tytonis, CR).
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Monogamy—an ideal behavior in many human cultures—appears in nature among only a few species, such as the jackdaw, the dik-dik, and a few kinds of termites.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Monogamy—an ideal behavior in many human cultures—appears in nature among only a few species, such as the jackdaw, the dik-dik, and a few kinds of termites.
Why We Believe What We Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Monogamy—an ideal behavior in many human cultures—appears in nature among only a few species, such as the jackdaw, the dik-dik, and a few kinds of termites.
Why We Believe What We Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Monogamy—an ideal behavior in many human cultures—appears in nature among only a few species, such as the jackdaw, the dik-dik, and a few kinds of termites.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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ARBITER: I don't believe he killed a deer at all because, first of all, a dik-dik is very tiny.
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Suspicions pattered through Anna's mind on sharp little dik-dik hooves: Barnette colluding with Herm Thorton in the death of his brother, come to warn him, come for vengeance, come for information?
Hunting Season Barr, Nevada 2002
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