Noun: bustard bús-tu(r)d
- Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
"The great bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world"
Derived forms: bustards
Type of: wader, wading bird
Part of: family Otididae, Otididae
Encyclopedia: Bustard, William