hammerkop
1 synonym for hammerkop, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A southern African bird, Scopus umbretta, in the Scopidae family and related to herons.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans hamerkop, itself formed from hamer ("hammer") and kop ("head").
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