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Duykerbok

Duykerbok

(Science: zoology) a small south african antelope (Cephalous mergens).

Synonym: impoon, and deloo.

Origin: D. Duiker diver _ bok a buck, lit, diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.


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