- 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.