paauw

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Noun

paauw (plural paauws)

  1. (South Africa) A kind of bustard.
    • 1892, William Lucas Distant, A Naturalist in the Transvaal, page 75:
      Amongst the spoil were two bucks, two small paauws, ducks, partridges, and blue bustards, which at this price averaged 5s. per head all round.
    • 2022, W. C. Scully, Lodges in the Wilderness:
      Perhaps a paauw (bustard) might feed up to within range. We had seen many paauws on the wing the previous day.

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