Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The South African bustard (Eupodotis): extensively adopted as a popular name.

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Examples

  • I saw odd little movements in the bush -- a buck's head raised, a paauw stalking solemnly in the long grass, a big crocodile rolling off a mudbank in the river.

    Prester John John Buchan 1907

  • I saw odd little movements in the bush — a buck’s head raised, a paauw stalking solemnly in the long grass, a big crocodile rolling off a mudbank in the river.

    Prester John 2005

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