night-aappie, noun

Forms:: Also night-appie.

Origin:: AfrikaansShow more Partial translation of Afrikaans nagapie, see nagapie.

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1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels 74A night-appie sprang from one tree to another, spreadeagling through the air and clinging to a branch, looked down at them with wide round eyes.

1951 R. Farran Jungle Chase (1957) 22Away in the bush there was the occasional chatter of a night-aappie or the feminine whistle of impala.

bush baby.

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niggie, nounn.night-adder, nounn.

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