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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