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schaap·ste·ker noun or skaap·ste·ker \ˈskäpˌstikə(r), -tēk-\ (-s) Etymology: Afrikaans skaapsteker, from skaap sheep (from Dutch schaap, from Middle Dutch schaep) + steker one that stings or pricks, from Dutch, from steken to sting, prick + -er; akin to Old High German stehhan to sting, prick — more at sheep, stick : any of several inoffensive and generally harmless African back-fanged snakes: as a. : a snake (Trimerorhinus rhombeatus) irregularly marked in shades of brown — called also spotted schaapsteker b. : a related snake (T. tritaeniatus) having two or three dark longitudinal bands on the grayish brown back — called also striped schaapsteker c. : a sand snake of the genus Psammophis |