toktokkie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae that make a tapping sound on the ground with their rear ends.

Word forms

toktokkie toktokkies

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans toktokkie, itself imitative.

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