gustard
gustard noun: a bird, the great bustard.
Noun
gustard (plural gustards)
- A bird, the great bustard.
- As a resident species it appears to have been entirely confined to Berwickshire; it is thus referred to by Hector Boece, who flourished about 350 years ago :--'Besides these, we have another foule in Mers, more strange and uncouth than all these aforementioned, called a Gustard, fully so great as a...1881, Henry Eeles Dresser, A History of the Birds of Europe, page 7
- Translation: I have received from Scotland a picture of a web-footed bird purporting to be a Gustard which I have placed above after the wild Geese, since it is plainly different from a Gustard or Tarda which we are here describing, and perhaps he who sent it me has erred as regards its name. The...1923, The Scottish Naturalist, page 175
Forms of gustard
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Questions about gustard
- What does gustard mean?
- Gustard means a bird, the great bustard.
- What part of speech is gustard?
- Gustard is a noun.
- What is the plural of gustard?
- The plural of gustard is gustards.
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