kype
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of kype
from Scot kip, kipp anything beaked or hooked; perhaps related to Low German kippe point, tip
Example Sentences
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The males' lower jaws develop a hook, called a kype, which they use to fight other males.
From National Geographic
The said Taalwurt Tdondarup complaineth and saith: "Nganya kype yoor-ril gool-gur, boye bomb-gur."
From Project Gutenberg
They were now off the end of the Island of St. Anna, and leaving South Beveland behind them turned up the channel called the Kype, between the Islands of North Beveland and Duveland.
From Project Gutenberg
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