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Definition of Madoqua
1. Noun. Genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Dik-dik
Definition of Madoqua
1. n. A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
Definition of Madoqua
1. Noun. (zoology obsolete) A small Abyssinian antelope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Madoqua
1. a small Abyssinian antelope [n -S]
Medical Definition of Madoqua
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Madoqua
Literary usage of Madoqua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Grimmia madoqua. (The Abyssinian Bush-Goat.) BM Horns slender, recumbent.
Yellowish brown, slightly punctu- lated with black ; neck yellowish; limbs blacker ..."
2. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"... more than a mere stump ; the ears are round and nearly the length of the horns;
the hoofs small, well formed, and, like the horns, of a 99.—madoqua. ..."
3. Somaliland: Being an Account of Two Expeditions Into the Far Interior by Charles Victor Alexander Peel (1900)
"Length of horns, 24 inches and 14 inches. Kirk's Dik-dik (madoqua ... Phillip's
Dik-dik (madoqua phillipsi). Somali name, Gol ass. ..."
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