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doodskop
noun
doods·kop
\ˈdütˌskäp\
Definition of doodskop
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: 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
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Origin and Etymology of doodskop
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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