florican

American  

[flawr-i-kuhn, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪ kən, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

1. any of various smaller species of bustards.

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Etymology

Origin of florican

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The exotic menu: black partridge, florican crane, wild boar shashlik, shredded venison curry.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the long grass in its vicinity also issue the grating and loud cry of the florican, woodcock, and grouse.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

It also catches such birds as pea-fowl, florican, cranes, &c., frequently springing at them from the ground as they fly over.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Altogether they are noble looking birds, and the sportsman is always glad to add as many florican as he can to his bag.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

Quail, partridge, and plover rose from the ground in coveys, as my horse cantered through; and an occasional peafowl or florican scudded across the track as I ambled onward.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James