dik-dik
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There are 2 syllables in the word dik-dik.How to pronounce dik-dik:
Definition of dik-dik:
- dik-dik (noun):
- any of a genus (madoqua) of small antelopes of eastern and southern africa having an elongated snout
- graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks.
Synonyms for dik-dik:
addax
addax nasomaculatus
adenota vardoni
aepyceros melampus
antilope cervicapra
black buck
blackbuck
blue bull
bongo
boocercus eurycerus
boselaphus tragocamelus
bovid
damaliscus lunatus
dik-dik
eland
gazelle
gerenuk
gnu
hartebeest
hippotragus niger
impala
koodoo
koudou
kudu
litocranius walleri
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