[buhs-terd] 
| any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes. |
| bus·tard (bŭs'tərd) n. Any of various large, long-legged Old World game birds of the family Otididae that frequent dry, open, grassy plains. [Middle English, from blend of Old French bistarde and Old French oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda : avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots + tarda, feminine of tardus, slow.] |