Meanings
nounbustard (plural bustards)
plural bustards
- 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.
Origin
- Latinavis tarda“slow bird”
- Old Frenchbistarde
- Middle Englishbustarde
- Englishbustard
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wildepou
- wildepouany of several birds of the family Otididae
Ancient Greek ὠτίς
- ὠτίς (ōtís)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Arabic حُبَارَى
- حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Basque basoilo
- basoiloany of several birds of the family Otididae
Bulgarian дро́пла
- дро́пла (drópla)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Catalan avitarda, pioc salvatge
- avitardaany of several birds of the family Otididae
- pioc salvatgeany of several birds of the family Otididae
Chinese Cantonese 鴇 /鸨
- 鴇 /鸨 (bou²)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Chinese Mandarin 鴇 /鸨
- 鴇 /鸨 (bǎo)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Czech drop
- dropany of several birds of the family Otididae
Danish trappe
- trappeany of several birds of the family Otididae
Dutch trap
- trapany of several birds of the family Otididae
Finnish trappi
- trappiany of several birds of the family Otididae
French outarde
- outardeany of several birds of the family Otididae
German Trappe
- Trappeany of several birds of the family Otididae
Greek ωτίδα
- ωτίδα (otída)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Hindi सोहन, तिल्लर
- सोहन (sohan)any of several birds of the family Otididae
- तिल्लर (tillar)any of several birds of the family Otididae
- होबार (hobār)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Hungarian túzok
- túzokany of several birds of the family Otididae
Irish bustard
- bustardany of several birds of the family Otididae
Italian otarda
- otardaany of several birds of the family Otididae
Japanese 野雁
- 野雁 (nogan)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Latvian sīga
- sīgaany of several birds of the family Otididae
Lithuanian einis
- einisany of several birds of the family Otididae
Persian هوبره, چال
- هوبره (hubare)any of several birds of the family Otididae
- چال (čāl)any of several birds of the family Otididae
- تودره (tudare)any of several birds of the family Otididae
- چرز (čarz)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Polish drop
- dropany of several birds of the family Otididae
Portuguese abetarda
- abetardaany of several birds of the family Otididae
Romanian dropie
- dropieany of several birds of the family Otididae
Russian дрофа́
- дрофа́ (drofá)any of several birds of the family Otididae
Slovak drop
- dropany of several birds of the family Otididae
Spanish avutarda
- avutardaany of several birds of the family Otididae
Swahili tandawala
- tandawalaany of several birds of the family Otididae
Swedish trapp
- trappany of several birds of the family Otididae
Turkish toy
- toyany of several birds of the family Otididae
Vietnamese ô tác
- ô tácany of several birds of the family Otididae
Welsh gwerniar
- gwerniarany of several birds of the family Otididae
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Cite this entry
APA
bustard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustard
MLA
“bustard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bustard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bustard.
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