great bustard

noun

: a bustard (Otis tarda) that is the largest of European land birds, attaining a weight of over 30 pounds and a wingspread of 8 feet and occurring in southern and eastern Europe and in much of Asia but formerly also in England and other parts of western Europe where it is now extinct

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