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Definition: bearded bustard
bustard
\bus"tard\ (b[u^]s"t[~e]rd), n. [OF. & Prov. F.
bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird.
--Plin. 10, 22; ``proxim[ae] iis sunt, quas Hispania aves
tardas appellat, Gr[ae]cia 'wti`das.''] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus
Otis.
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Note: 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.
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