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‖ ˈknorhan Obs. [Du. knorhaan, f. knorren to growl, snarl + haan cock.] A name of a S. African species of bustard: = koran2.
1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 139 The Knor⁓han. Among the wild fowls at the Cape there is a sort of birds, a male of which the Europeans there call Knor-cock; a female they call Knor-hen. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 85 The Knorhan, which is..the African bustard. |