dikkop

/ (ˈdɪkəp) /

noun

Southern African any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes Also called: stone curlew

Word Origin for dikkop

from Afrikaans, from dik thick + kop head

Example sentences from the Web for dikkop

  • Indeed, she seemed to be all eyes, like a "dikkop" or thick-headed plover; at any rate, I noted little else about her.

    Marie |H. Rider Haggard