hammerkop

English

a hammerkop

Alternative forms

hamerkop

Etymology

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

Noun

hammerkop (plural hammerkops)

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

Synonyms

(Scopus umbretta): anvilhead, hammerhead, hammerhead stork, hammerkopf, tufted umber, umber bird, umbrette

Translations

Scopus umbretta

Bulgarian: чукоглава чапла f (čukoglava čapla)
Finnish: varjohaikara
Navajo: tsiikʼánii

Russian: молотогла́в (ru) (molotogláv)
Spanish: ave martillo f

References

hammerkop in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

hammerkop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scopus umbretta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scopus umbretta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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