| Noun | 1. | Otididae - bustards bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Gruiformes, order Gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards bustard - large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes genus Otis, Otis - type genus of the Otididae: European bustard Choriotis, genus Choriotis - Australian bustard |