'klippspringer' definitions:

Definition of 'klippspringer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]