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
Words nearby dikkop
dijon mustard,
dik-dik,
dike,
diketone,
diketopiperazine,
dikkop,
diktat,
dil,
dil.,
dilacerate,
dilaceration
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