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toktokkie

n. (context South Africa English) A beetle that makes a tapping sound on the ground with its rear end.

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Toktokkie

Toktokkie or tok-tokkie may refer to:

  • A children’s game that involves knocking on a door and running away before it is answered
  • Various species of African darkling or Tenebrionid beetle of which the males strike their abdomens on the ground, making a rapid tapping sound in order to attract mates that respond with their own tapping
  • Dichtha spp.
  • Zophosis spp.
  • Psammodes spp.
  • Molurini spp.
  • Onymacris unguicularis