Bustard

Word BUSTARD
Character 7
Hyphenation bus tard
Pronunciations /ˈbʌs.təd/

Definitions and meanings of "Bustard"

What do we mean by bustard?

Any of various large, long-legged Old World game birds of the family Otididae that nest on the ground and frequent dry grassy plains. noun

A large grallatorial bird of the family Otididœ, or of the genus Otis in a wide sense. noun

A name in Canada of the common wild goose, Bernicla canadensis, A. Newton. noun

A bird of the genus Otis. noun

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

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

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

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The word "bustard" in example sentences

(FYI a bustard is a bird not what you may have thought!) +1 Good Comment? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bustard is a pelican-like bird that was completely eliminated from the British Isles by hunters, and only exists in those parts of Europe, like Germany and Hungary, where blood sport had been mainly confined to killing Jews, Gypsies, and the disabled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to their description, they are as large as a bustard, which is a kind of goose, having the neck longer and twice as large as those with us. ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

There were innumerable pigeons and a few Floricans (a kind of bustard -- considered the best eating game -- bird in India). ❋ Unknown (1864)

A kind of bustard, with a very strong bill, and not larger than a hen, was numerous at Bountiful Island; and appeared to subsist upon the young turtle. ❋ Matthew Flinders (1794)

Dick and Grosvenor had already seen enough of the surrounding country during their two days 'foraging expedition to have come to the conclusion that conditions would now improve with every mile of progress, and this conclusion was fully borne out by their first day's experiences, the country gradually becoming more hilly and broken, with small watercourses occurring at steadily decreasing intervals, with more and richer grass at every mile of their progress, until by the end of the day they once more found themselves in a district that might fairly be termed fertile, while a few head of game -- bucks and a brace of paow (a kind of bustard) -- had been seen. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

That the European Union should be giving £1.8m to the great bustard project on Salisbury Plain is a fine reward for more than six years' endeavour on the part of the Great Bustard Group and a triumph for its prime mover and now director, David Waters, who has been in the thick of all its activities since 2004. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We got him!" a head popped in and shouted "the bustard was trying to get away from the rooftop, we got him." ❋ Fatemeh Keshavarz (2011)

But he and his dedicated volunteers fought their way through an array of setbacks, from bureaucratic delays in Russia which meant that when the first chicks arrived they were already rather too large for the accommodation provided, the predations of foxes and various bustard breakouts, and a shortage of funds which must often have looked close to terminal. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Tell them we'll get the bustard, we know he makes roadside bombs, we even know where he gets his staff ... we'll get him." ❋ Fatemeh Keshavarz (2011)

The Dalmation pelican is comparable in size three metre wingspan to the great bustard. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Great bustard reintroduction project gets EU funding boost ❋ Unknown (2011)

Or what about the fact that once upon a time the well-to-do liked to indulge in something called the Roti Sans Pareil, which involved playing Russian dolls with game birds – a hulking bustard on the outside, teeny tiny garden warbler at the very centre. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Birds used to breed on the plain, but ceased to do so early in the 19th century, though a visiting bustard that appeared in 1871 is said to have been cooked and eaten by the director of Salisbury Museum and friends. ❋ Unknown (2011)

One animal practising its duck-and-cover technique here is the remarkable great bustard, recently reintroduced to the UK after its local extinction two centuries ago. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My first little bustard – or part of one, at least. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But one particular bird has always eluded me, despite my best efforts to see it: the little bustard. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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