English Explanatory Dictionary

hammerkop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidae and related to the herons.

Word forms

hammerkop hammerkops hamerkop

Etymology

From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”).

Synonyms

anvilhead hammerhead hammerhead stork hammerkopf tufted umber umber bird umbrette
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