doodskop

doodskop
\\ˈdütˌskäp\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Afrikaans, from doods (gen. of dood death, from Middle Dutch doot) + kop head, from Middle Dutch cop, coppe drinking vessel, skull, head; akin to Old English dēath death — more at death, cup
: 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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