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duiker.

an underwater diver

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdœy̯.kər/
  1. an underwater diver

    masculine
  2. a gymnastic diver

    masculine
  3. a fairly narrow water passage under roads and dikes; a culvert

    masculine
  4. a loon (N-Am) or diver (UK), waterbird of the order Gaviiformes

    masculine
  5. a duiker, antelope of the subfamily Cephalophinae

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch dukere. By surface analysis, duiken (“to dive”) + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.