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Bustard   /bˈəstərd/   Listen
Bustard

noun
1.
Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes.



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"Bustard" Quotes from Famous Books



... left off housekeeping[972], and therefore made presents of the game which you were pleased to send me. The pheasant I gave to Mr. Richardson[973], the bustard to Dr. Lawrence, and the pot I placed with Miss Williams, to be eaten by myself. She desires that her compliments and good wishes may be accepted by the family; and I make the same ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill


Words linked to "Bustard" :   Otididae, wading bird, family Otididae, Choriotis australis, Otis tarda, wader, plain turkey


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