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| bus·tard [ bústərd ] (plural bus·tards or bus·tard) |
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large bird: a bird with long legs, a round body, a long neck, and a fairly short beak. Native to: open grassy land in southern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Family Otididae.
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| [15th century. Probably < assumed Anglo-Norman bustarde, blend of bistarde + oustarde, both < Latin avis tarda "slow bird"] |
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