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Meanings of bustard in English
Usage of bustard in English
1
Arguably the heaviest flying bird is the kori bustard of southern Africa.
2
Saw a bustard in the midst of the sandhills which bear 340 degrees.
3
They all went up to the bustard and began examining it.
4
The great bustard, the crane, and bittern have been driven away by cultivation.
5
So we went on, and found another bustard, and took it.
6
Of the hawk, falcon, and bustard kind, there are great numbers.
7
A sparrow in the hand is worth more than a bustard on the wing.
8
We had a pleasant addition one day in a large bustard which he shot.
9
They were about the size of a full grown bustard (say, 28 lb.
10
The great bustard has been reintroduced to Salisbury Plain.
11
The Serjeant-at-Law is as rare now as a bustard.
12
Once an eagle dropped a bustard at his feet.
13
A Grand Duke pots a vulture just as seriously as we should stalk a bustard.
14
Charley shot a bustard, and John a black ibis.
15
Totty soon produced a roasted "peacock," or rather a hastily-broiled bustard.
16
A bustard flew up by the very road.
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