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Webster 1913 Edition


bustard

bus′tard

(bŭs′tẽrd)
,
Noun.
[OF. & Prov. F.
bistarde
, F.
outarde
, from L.
avis tarda
, lit., slow bird.
Plin. 10, 22
; “proximæ iis sunt, quas Hispania
aves tardas
appellat, Græcia
ὠτίδας
.”]
(Zool.)
A bird of the genus
Otis
.
☞ 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
(
Otis tetrax
) inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species are known in Asia and Africa.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bustard

BUST'ARD

,
Noun.
The tarda, a species of fowl of the grallic order, and genus Otis. The fowl grows to the weight of 25 or 27 pounds, with a breadth of wing of six or seven feet. It inhabits England, feeding on green corn and other vegetables, and on earth-worms. It runs fast and takes flight with difficulty.

Definition 2024


bustard

bustard

English

kori bustard, Ardeotis kori

Wikispecies

Noun

bustard (plural bustards)

  1. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.

Derived terms

Translations


Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bustard, from Old French [Term?].

Noun

bustard m (genitive singular bustaird, nominative plural bustaird)

  1. bustard

Declension

Derived terms

  • ar bustard (in the lurch)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bustard bhustard mbustard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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