
Define the word klippspringer"klippspringer" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.]
(Zool.)
A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag
to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
[Written also klippspringer.]
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