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  • The flying scavengers - they are called aasvogel in the dominant language, vultures in English.

    I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010

  • I thought it was an aasvogel, but another thought it was a baboon.

    Prester John 2005

  • In either event it might prove meat for Sheeta, and so the wary feline stalked by a circuitous route, upon soft, padded feet that gave forth no sound, until the circling aasvogel and his intended prey were upwind.

    Tarzan the Untamed 1920

  • I thought it was an aasvogel, but another thought it was a baboon.

    Prester John John Buchan 1907

  • As slow as a fat vrouw and as greedy as an aasvogel. '

    Greenmantle John Buchan 1907

  • Already an aasvogel was hovering above; a mere speck, the great bird poised upon widespread wings, high up in the illimitable blue.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • "What is the tragedy of the aasvogel?" asked the Other sympathetically.

    Reginald 1870-1916 Saki 1893

  • As the charge exploded I saw the aasvogel give a kind of backward twist.

    Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The aasvogel on watch up there far out of the range of man's vision had seen the deed, and, by sinking downwards, signalled it to his companions that were quartering the sky for fifty miles round; for these birds prey by sight, not by smell.

    Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • So we went, and when Hans was a little composed I told him all that I had observed about the habits of the aasvogel in the air, and he told me all that he had observed about their habits on the ground, which, as I might not shoot them sitting, did not interest me.

    Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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  • A bird, according to reesetee & mollusque.

    November 26, 2009

  • Not to be confused with "Arschvögeln", which I think would mean something quite different.

    November 26, 2009

  • It's true! It's a name for several species of South African vultures. This is the archaic Afrikaans spelling ("aas" - carrion; "vogel" - bird), from the Dutch words. The modern Afrikaans is aasvoël, according to sources I checked.

    December 1, 2009