Bustard

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  • noun. Any of various large, long-legged Old World game birds of the family Otididae that nest on the ground and frequent dry grassy plains.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A large grallatorial bird of the family OtididÅ“, or of the genus Otis in a wide sense.
  • noun. A name in Canada of the common wild goose, Bernicla canadensis, A. Newton.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bird of the genus Otis.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
    • Word Usage
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    cross-reference
    thick-kneed bustard  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wader  wading bird  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    choriotis australis  great bustard  otis tarda  plain turkey  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    clustered  custard  flustered  mustard  mustered  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    avesaur  bittern  blowin  courser  curlew  
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