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mollusque commented on the word quackoo
A local name for millipede in Jamaica. The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (1996) records that "quackoo" (in various spellings) means "a rough gullible Black man", which may be the origin of the term, since the large millipedes are dark gray or black.
November 12, 2007