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‖ aasvogel|ˈɑːsfəʊgəl|
Also aasvoël.
[S. African Du., f. aas carrion (cf. ees) + vogel bird, fowl n.; Afrikaans aasvoël.]
A South African vulture, esp. Gyps kolbii.
1838W. C. Harris Exped. S. Afr. xix. 186 note, Vultus Fulvus, and Vultus Auricularis: White and Black Aasvogel of the Cape Colonist. 1887Rider Haggard Jess xxvi, They would not be found till the aasvögels had picked them clean. 1903Kipling Five Nations 94 Well the keen aas-vogels know it. 1910J. Buchan Prester John iv. 73, I thought it was an aasvogel, but another thought it was a baboon. 1924R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin vi. 90 Great aasvogels, like beetles on a pond, Veered in slow circles. 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xii. 154 ‘What are you looking for up there?’.. ‘Aasvȯels, brother. Where there is death there are vultures.’ |