doodskop

noun

doods·​kop

ˈdütˌskäp

plural -s

: a southern African shallow-water edible chimaera (Callorhynchus capensis) having the snout prolonged into a fleshy lobe which is used in rooting up mollusks and crabs from sandy bottoms

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans, from doods (genitive of dood death, from Middle Dutch doot) + kop head, from Middle Dutch cop, coppe drinking vessel, skull, head; akin to Old English dēath death

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