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