dikkop
nounEtymology From Afrikaans dikkop, from dik (“thick”) + kop (“head”).
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South Africa A bird of the family Burhinidae.
- Dikkops, family burhinidae. Plover like birds with large heads and eyes, long legs without a hind claw and tawny colouring. 1983 Newmans Birds of Southern Africa. Kennith Newman. MacMillan →ISBN.
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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences South Africa A viral infection of horses causing swelling of parts of the head.
- Dik-kop in a Carriage Horse.— The day before I was called in the horse had been driven about twelve miles.1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85:
- Derived terms
- spotted dikkop, Burhinus capensis, water dikkop, Burhinus vermiculatus