Nanotragus oreotragus

Nanotragus oreotragus
Klipspringer Klip"spring`er, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}.] [1913 Webster]

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  • kainsi — Klipspringer Klip spring er, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; called also {kainsi}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • klippspringer — Klipspringer Klip spring er, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; called also {kainsi}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Klipspringer — Klip spring er, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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