Definitions
A large ground-dwelling bird of open country.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“That bustard tried to conquer the world!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Large open-country bird”7 letters
02“Large ground bird”7 letters
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