dikkop

British

/ ˈdɪkəp /

noun

Also called: stone curlew. any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes

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Etymology

Origin of dikkop

from Afrikaans, from dik thick + kop head

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Indeed, she seemed to be all eyes, like a "dikkop" or thick-headed plover; at any rate, I noted little else about her.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard

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