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‖ hamerkop S. Afr.|ˈhɑːməkɒp, ˈhamərkɔp|
Also semi-anglicized hammerkop |ˈhæ-|.
[Afrikaans, f. hamer hammer + kop head.]
= hammer-head 4.
1834A. Smith Diary 7 Dec. (1939) I. 163 A Basutu said the hammerkop gives rain. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 578/1 It [sc. Scopus umbretta]..is the ‘Hammerkop’ (Hammerhead) of the Cape colonists. 1890[see hammerhead 4]. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Hamerkop. 1946Cape Argus 7 Dec. 2 Hamerkops are remarkable fowl... The hamerkop's nest is a huge affair, generally in a tree. 1952Cape Times Week-end Mag. 8 Nov. 6 A solitary hamerkop flies homeward every evening. 1964C. Willock Enormous Zoo vii. 120 Hammerkops, the queer brown bird with the blunt head that gives it its name, pick over scraps in the rotting papyrus stems. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xi. 195 We never saw the hamerkop in numbers. 1971Country Life 28 Oct. 1127/2 Hammercops, curious bulky brown birds with crests and thick bills, flew about in pairs. |