HOUBARA


Meaning of HOUBARA in English

[ hu:'bα:rə ]

(also ~ bustard )

■ noun a bustard of arid open country, found from the Canary Islands to central Asia. [ Chlamydotis undulata .]

Origin

C19: from mod. L. (former genus name), from Arab. ḥubārā .

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