Etymology

padloper

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Today it means: Any of the genus Homopus of tiny tortoises, indigenous and endemic to southern Africa. Full definition →

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The story

Afrikaans, literally "path-walker".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.