About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- bustard
POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

bustard

RELATED WORDS :

 : 
Noun
 : 
bus=tard

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bustard has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

bustardn. [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 'wti`das.”].
     A bird of the genus Otis.  [1913 Webster]
    " 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bustard, n. any large terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, with long neck, long legs, and stout tapering body.

Etymology
ME f. OF bistarde f. L avis tarda slow bird (? = slow on the ground; but possibly a perversion of a foreign word)
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion