klipspringer

American  

[klip-spring-er] / ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋ ər /

noun

1. a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.

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klipspringer British  

/ ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə /

noun

1. a small agile antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, inhabiting rocky regions of Africa south of the Sahara

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Etymology

Origin of klipspringer

1775–85; < Afrikaans: literally, rock-springer

Example Sentences

A tiny klipspringer antelope teeters on hooves atop a polished wooden boardroom table.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 9, 2010

His companion instantly bounded off up the mountains as fast and as active as a klipspringer.

From The White Chief of the Caffres by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)

I had just crossed it where the path dipped, when, looking up, there stood a klipspringer gazing at me.

From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

On the steep cliffs, and along the dizzy heights, the klipspringer has no equal in South Africa; he can scale them as no other quadruped; he fears no four-footed beast of prey.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

The klipspringer stands about twenty inches in height is strongly and compactly built, with stouter limbs than the small antelopes of the plain.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne