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aasvogels

n. (plural of aasvogel English)

Usage examples of "aasvogels".

Even if the aasvogels settle on you, you must lie quite still, so that I may see whence they come and how they settle.

He said that the Zulus declared that the sacred aasvogels of Hloma Amabutu were as savage as lions, and that when once they saw a man down they would tear him to pieces, dead or living.

When this particular royalty had arrived, the other aasvogels, of which perhaps there were now fifty or sixty gathered round Hans, began to show signs of interested animation.

Dropping my glance I saw that the whole mob of aasvogels were rushing in upon Hans, helping themselves forward by flapping their great wings, and that about three feet in front of them was their king.

In this space lay the corpses of the murdered men and the two dead aasvogels, with Hans and myself standing opposite to them.