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Bustard
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What's The Definition Of Bustard?
[n] large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bustard: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bustard: See Also | Choriotis australis | family Otididae | great bustard | Otididae | Otis tarda | plain turkey | wader | wading bird Bustard In Webster's Dictionary \Bus"tard\ (b[u^]s"t[~e]rd), n. [OF. & Prov. F.
bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird.
--Plin. 10, 22; ``proxim[ae] iis sunt, quas Hispania aves
tardas appellat, Gr[ae]cia 'wti`das.''] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus {Otis}.
Note: The great or {bearded bustard} ({Otis tarda}) is the
largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate
regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in
Great Britain. The {little bustard} ({O. tetrax})
inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species
are known in Asia and Africa.
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