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Bustard

//ˈbʌs.təd// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
  2. 2
    large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes wordnet
  3. 3
    bastard euphemistic, slang

    "That bustard tried to conquer the world!"

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 a misnomer as bustards are fast runners.

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