ˈdütˌskäp noun
( -s )
Etymology: Afrikaans, from doods (gen. of dood death, from Middle Dutch doot ) + kop head, from Middle Dutch cop, coppe drinking vessel, skull, head; akin to Old English dēath death — more at death , cup
: a southern African shallow-water edible chimaera ( Callorhynchus capensis ) having the snout prolonged into a fleshy lobe which is used in rooting up mollusks and crabs from sandy bottoms