"paauw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paauws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paauw (plural paauws)
  1. (South Africa) A kind of bustard. Tags: South-Africa Derived forms: gom-paauw

Inflected forms

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