Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The South African bustard (Eupodotis): extensively adopted as a popular name.
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Examples
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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
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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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