houbara

[ hoo-bahr-uh ]

noun

a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.

Origin of houbara

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First recorded in 1820–30, houbara is from the Arabic word hubārā

Words Nearby houbara

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How to use houbara in a sentence

It is rather less than the tghdr (houbara)1802; the cocks back is like the tghdrs, and its breast is black.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Sypheotis bengalensis and S. aurita, which are both smaller than Otis houbara (tghdr).
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