florican
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of florican
Origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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)
There were plenty of other birds, snipe, partridges, florican and jungle-cocks, the two latter greatly esteemed for their flesh.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
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
There are two sorts, the lesser and the greater, the former also called the bastard florican.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James
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