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bustard

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bus·tard  (bstrd)
n.
Any of various large, long-legged Old World game birds of the family Otididae that frequent dry, open, grassy plains.

[Middle English, from blend of Old French bistarde and Old French oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda : avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots + tarda, feminine of tardus, slow.]

bustard [ˈbʌstəd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, inhabiting open regions of the Old World: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc.). They have long strong legs, a heavy body, a long neck, and speckled plumage
[from Old French bistarde, influenced by Old French oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda slow bird]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bustardbustard - large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
great bustard, Otis tarda - largest European land bird
Choriotis australis, plain turkey - popular Australian game bird
Translations
bustard [ˈbʌstəd] Navutarda f
bustard
nTrappe f


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We may imagine that the early progenitor of the ostrich had habits like those of a bustard, and that as natural selection increased in successive generations the size and weight of its body, its legs were used more, and its wings less, until they became incapable of flight.
There were sparrow hawks, with white breasts, and kestrels, and down the slopes scampered, with their long legs, several fine fat bustards.
Then I saw that the birds were a flock of /pauw/ or bustards, and that they would pass within fifty yards of my head.
 
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