† gustardn.

Forms: Also 1600s plural gusestards.

Etymology: Etymologizing alteration of bustard n., by substitution of goose n. for the first syllable. Compare also French oustarde (see bustard n. and compare later outard n.).

Scottish. Obsolete.

A bustard.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Otididae > member of (bustard)

bustarda1475

gustardc1540

pou1798

native turkey1822

houbara1827

Stanley bustard1831

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij^v Beside thir thre vncouth kynd of fowlis, is ane vthir kynd of fowlis in the Mers mair vncouth, namit gustardis, als mekle as ane swan.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 Ane foul..quhilke the Gustarde commonlie thay cal.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 91 Bistards or Bustards (so called for their slow pace and heavy flying) or as the Scots term them, Gusestards, that is to say, Slow Geese.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gustard
释义	† gustardn. Forms: Also 1600s plural gusestards. Etymology: Etymologizing alteration of bustard n., by substitution of goose n. for the first syllable. Compare also French oustarde (see bustard n. and compare later outard n.). Scottish. Obsolete. A bustard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Otididae > member of (bustard) bustarda1475 gustardc1540 pou1798 native turkey1822 houbara1827 Stanley bustard1831 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij^v Beside thir thre vncouth kynd of fowlis, is ane vthir kynd of fowlis in the Mers mair vncouth, namit gustardis, als mekle as ane swan. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 Ane foul..quhilke the Gustarde commonlie thay cal. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 91 Bistards or Bustards (so called for their slow pace and heavy flying) or as the Scots term them, Gusestards, that is to say, Slow Geese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1540
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