Bŭs'tard, n.

n. [O. and Prov. Fr. bistarde, bostarde, boustarde, N. Fr. outarde, Prov. austarda, Sp. avutarda, Pg. abetarda, betarda, It. ottarda, from Lat. avis tarda. Plin. 10, 22: “proxime iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Graecia ὠτίδας.”] (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Otis, of the Ostrich family.

The great bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest land bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and parts of Asia