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Noun
paauw (plural paauws)
- (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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