bustard
English
Etymology
From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is actually contradictory as bustards are fast runners.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌs.təd/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Noun
bustard (plural bustards)
- Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
Derived terms
- Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs
- Australian bustard, Ardeotis australis
- black-bellied bustard, Lissotis melanogaster
- buff-crested bustard, Lophotis gindiana
- Denham's bustard, Neotis denhami
- great bustard, Otis tarda
- great Indian bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps
- Hartlaub's bustard, Lissotis hartlaubii
- Heuglin's bustard, Neotis heuglinii
- houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata
- kori bustard, Ardeotis kori
- little brown bustard, Eupodotis humilis
- little bustard, Tetrax tetrax
- Ludwig's bustard, Neotis ludwigii
- Macqueen's bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Nubian bustard, Neotis nuba
- Savile's bustard, Lophotis savilei
- white-bellied bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis
Translations
any of several birds of the family Otididae
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Further reading
- Otididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Otididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- basturd
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bustard, from Old French bistarde.
Noun
bustard m (genitive singular bustaird, nominative plural bustaird)
- bustard
Declension
Declension of bustard
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- ar bustard (“in the lurch”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bustard | bhustard | mbustard |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bustard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN