eiervreter, noun

Forms:
Also eyerfreter, eyer-vreter.
Origin:
South African Dutch, AfrikaansShow more South African Dutch (later Afrikaans), eier egg + vreter eater.
egg-eater.
1821 [see egg-eater].
1849 A. Smith Illust. of Zoo. of S. Afr.: Reptilia Appendix 20Dasypeltis scaber,..Eyervreter of the Cape Colonists...Consumes with avidity the eggs of birds.
1970 H.M. Musmeci Informant, Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern CapeI don’t think that eiervreter is poisonous. (An indigenous snake, Dasypeltis scabra, which lives on an exclusive diet of eggs.)
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