Definitions for: Bustard

[n] large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: Choriotis australis, family Otididae, great bustard, Otididae, Otis tarda, plain turkey, wader, wading bird

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