In Yorkshire dialect, which animal is known as an attercop?
Attercopus Attercopus Attercopus is an extinct genus of arachnids, containing one species Attercopus fimbriunguis, known from a Devonian-aged fossil. It is placed in the extinct order Uraraneida, spider-like animals able to produce silk, but which lacked true spinnerets and retained a segmented abdomen bearing a flagellum-like tail resembling that of a whip scorpion. They are thought to be close to the origins of spiders. Its name is taken from the English dialect word "attercop" ("spider"), which came from ' ("poison-head"), from ' ("poison"), itself drawn from the Proto-Germanic "*aitra-" ("poisonous ulcer") and "kopp-" ("head"). An important Early Devonian (about ) fossil
Yorkshire dialect Yorkshire dialect The Yorkshire dialect (also Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie, or Yorkshire English) is an English dialect of Northern England spoken in the English county of Yorkshire. The dialect has roots in older languages such as Old English and Old Norse. The Yorkshire Dialect Society exists to promote use of the dialect in both humour and in serious linguistics; there is also an East Riding Dialect Society. Yorkshire is generally not as stigmatised as other regional dialects, and has been represented in classic works of literature such as "Wuthering Heights", "Nicholas Nickleby" and "The Secret Garden". Studies have shown that