gompaauwgompauwn.
/ˈɡɒmpaʊ/, /ˈɡɒmpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡɑmpaʊ/, /ˈɡɑmpoʊ/, South African English /ˈxɒmpəʊ/ South African.
The giant or kori bustard, Ardeotis kori.
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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Otididae > member of genus Ardeotis (Australian bustard)
kori bustard1811
gompaauw1838
native, plain, or wild turkey1847
plain turkey1866
plains turkey1914
1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. II. viii. 141 Here a gum pauw, or bustard, which subsists partly on gum, was shot.
1905 W. L. Sclater in Science in S. Afr. 143 The Bustards (Otidæ) are represented by no less than twelve species, ranging from the large Gom Paauw (Otis kori), the male of which sometimes weighs as much as 40 lbs. to the smaller Knorhaan (Otis afra) about the same size as a partridge.
1936 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 296/2 An occasional gom-paauw, the great bustard of South Africa, largest of all the family.
1948 L. G. Green To River's End iv. 40 Both the gom paauw and the smaller duin paauw feed on the gum from the kameeldoorn trees.
1962 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds S. Third Afr. 262 Kori bustard or gom paauw: Ardeotis kori.
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