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MADOQUA
Madoqua, genus Madoqua
(noun) genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
madoqua (plural madoquas)
(zoology, obsolete) A small Abyssinian antelope, Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana)
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"do*qua, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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