bustard
Meaning of bustard
noun
a large, heavily built, swift-running bird, found in open country in the Old World. The males of most bustards have a spectacular courtship display.
late 15th century: perhaps an Anglo-Norman French blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda ‘slow bird’: the name is unexplained, as the bustards are fast runners.
Information about bustard
- It is a name.
- The plural form of bustard is: bustards.
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Hyphenation of bustard
bus-tard
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bustard is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with bustard
Ultratard, batard, petard, retard, tetard, Semitard, dynamitard, ritard, unitard, aquitard, Lentard, Cotard, dotard, leotard, Bastard, abastard, bastard, costard, custard, dastard, gustard, mustard, dottard, pittard, Mixtard
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