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plural dik-diks or dik-dik
: any of a genus (Madoqua) of small antelopes of eastern and southern Africa having an elongated snout
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The dik-dik was tossed into the air and killed just seconds after Cano took the photograph.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
From 10-pound dik-dik to 1,800-pound Lord Derby eland, no African game was out of reach.
—Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 5 July 2023
The Matrix actor then doubled the number of dogs in his lap during Double Puppardy by correctly identifying a dik-dik as a species of antelope.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
From 10-pound dik-dik to 1,800-pound Lord Derby eland, no African game was out of reach.
—Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 5 July 2023
The Matrix actor then doubled the number of dogs in his lap during Double Puppardy by correctly identifying a dik-dik as a species of antelope.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
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“Dik-dik.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dik-dik. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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