Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of pressirostral grallatorial birds, typified by the genus Otis; the bustards.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A family of birds related to the cranes, most of which are large and ground-running, and comprising the bustards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Otidiformes — thebustards .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bustards
Etymologies
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Otis + -idae
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