bustard (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *bustard*:
NOUN	animal	bustard	large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial / terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight

bustard > pronunciation
Sounds	bah'sterd
Rhymes	Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd...

English > *bustard*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial / terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes.
Member of	Otididae, family Otididae	bustards
Narrower	great bustard, Otis tarda	largest European land bird
Narrower	plain turkey, Choriotis australis	Popular Australian game bird
Broader	wading bird, wader	Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
Spanish	avutarda
Catalan	avitarda, avutarda, pioc salvatge

HyperDic: bustard