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paauw

paauw noun: a kind of bustard.

Noun

paauw (plural paauws)

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

Forms of paauw

pluralpaauws

Words formed from paauw

Questions about paauw

What does paauw mean?
Paauw means a kind of bustard.
What part of speech is paauw?
Paauw is a noun.
What is the plural of paauw?
The plural of paauw is paauws.

Words near paauw in the dictionary

  1. paarite
  2. Paarl
  3. paars
  4. Paarthiba
  5. PAAs
  6. paauw
  7. paauws
  8. PAB
  9. PABA
  10. Pabanog
  11. pabble

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