baviaan spinnekop, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also babiaan spinnekop, etc.
- Plurals:
- baviaan spinnekoppen /baviˈɑːn ˈspənəkɔpən/, baviaan spinnekops.
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, AfrikaansShow more South African Dutch, baviaan baboon + spinnekop spider. (The modern Afrikaans form is bobbejaanspinnekop.)
obsolescent
baboon spider.
1879 Queenstown Free Press 21 Nov. (Pettman)I have seen here a rare spider, called by the natives Baviaan spinnekop. It is covered with hair, looks like a crab when running, and..has formidable fangs between the eyes half an inch long.
[1971 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)‘What’s the big, hairy spider that jumps?’ ‘A bobbejaan spinnekop.’]
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