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gustards

gustards is the plural of gustard.

Meaning of gustard

Noun

gustard (plural gustards)

  1. (obsolete) 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

Questions about gustards

What is gustards the plural of?
Gustards is the plural of gustard.

Words near gustards in the dictionary

  1. gustacious
  2. Gustaf
  3. Gustafson
  4. Gustafson's law
  5. gustard
  6. gustards
  7. gustate
  8. gustating
  9. gustatio
  10. gustation
  11. gustations

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