Bustard meaning

bŭs'tərd
Any of various large, long-legged Old World game birds of the family Otididae that nest on the ground and frequent dry grassy plains.
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Any of a family (Otididae) of large, heavy, long-legged gruiform birds of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
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Origin of bustard

Middle English from blend of Old French bistarde Old French oustarde both from Latin avis tarda avis bird awi- in Indo-European roots tarda feminine of tardus slow

Sentence Examples

  • The heaviest bird to fly is the kori bustard which can weigh as much as 18kg.

  • bustard species.

  • Still sailing northward, taking notes as he proceeded for a rough chart of the coast, and landing at Bustard and Keppel Bays and the Bay of Inlets, Cook passed over 1300 m.

  • the siphonium described in connexion with the mandible), but filling also such curious organs as the frontal excrescence of Chasmorhynchus, the Brazilian bell-bird, the throat-bag of the adjutant stork, and the gular pouch of the bustard.

  • Among game birds are three varieties of bustard, guinea fowl, partridges, sand grouse and wild geese.

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