Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
sizzling
sj
SJA
Sjælland
sjambok
SK
sk
ska
skaapsteker
skag
Skagerrak
skald
Skåne
skank
skanky
skat
skate (1)
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

skaapsteker

skaap·stek·er [ skp stàykər ] (plural skaap·stek·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
South Africa poisonous snake: a grayish brown southern African snake that is venomous but not aggressive. Genus Psammophylax.

[Early 19th century. < Afrikaans< Dutch schaap "sheep" + steker "stinger"; because the snake was thought to attack sheep]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft