Meanings
nounpaauw (plural paauws)
plural paauws
- South AfricaA kind of bustard.
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 Wilderness1 more example
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
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