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- noun South Africa A
bird of the familyBurhinidae .
Etymologies
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From Afrikaans dik ("thick") + kop ("head")
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Examples
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Indeed, she seemed to be all eyes, like a "dikkop" or thick-headed plover; at any rate, I noted little else about her.
Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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