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florikin

florikin is the alternative spelling of florican.

Meaning of florican

Noun

florican (plural floricans)

  1. Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
    • The are two reasons to believe the figure of 362 might be an underestimate: first, not all floricans were seen on each vidi and, second, male floricans were found in other habitats, including cultivated land.1983, Bustard Studies: Journal of the ICBP Bustard Group, numbers 1-5, page 188

Forms of florikin

pluralflorikins

Questions about florikin

What is florikin the alternative spelling of?
Florikin is the alternative spelling of florican.

Words near florikin in the dictionary

  1. florigraphy
  2. florikan
  3. florikans
  4. floriken
  5. florikens
  6. florikin
  7. florikins
  8. florilege
  9. florileges
  10. florilegia
  11. florilegium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: florikin (page history and authors); florican (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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