aasvogel

noun

aas·​vo·​gel

ˈäs-ˌfō-gəl

variants or less commonly aasvoel

ˈäs-ˌfō-əl

plural -s

Africa

: vulture

Word History

Etymology

obsolete Afrikaans aasvogel (now aasvoël), from aas carrion + vogel (now voël) bird; akin to Old English etan to eat and to Old English fugol bird

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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