dikkop

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noun

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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OriginAfrikaans dikkop →
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Meanings

noundikkop (countable and uncountable, plural dikkops)

plural dikkops

  1. South AfricacountableA 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.

    Synonyms: stone curlew, thick-knee

  2. South AfricauncountablemedicineA 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

    Synonyms: horse sickness, bluetongue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bird of the family Burhinidae.

Similar
stone curlewthick-knee

nounA viral infection of horses causing swelling of parts of the head.

Similar
horse sicknessbluetongue

Origin

  1. Afrikaansdikkop
  2. Englishdikkop

From Afrikaans dikkop, from dik (“thick”) + kop (“head”).

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Cite this entry
APA

dikkop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dikkop

MLA

“dikkop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dikkop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dikkop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dikkop.

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