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houbara|hʊˈbɑːrə|
Also hobara, hubara, oubara, ubara.
[mod.L. (C. L. J. L. Bonaparte Saggio d'una Distribuzione Metodica degli Animali Vertebrati (1832) 84), f. Arab. hubārī bustard.]
A bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, found in North Africa and Asia as far east as India and Persia, and formerly included in a genus Houbara.
1827J. Malcolm Sk. Persia I. 56 The beautiful speckled Hubara, with his head erect and wings out⁓spread. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 59/2 Arabs are accustomed to compare the eyes of their most beautiful women to those of the Oubara. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 579/1 Two species, known indifferently by the name of Houbara (derived from the Arabic), frequent the more southern portions of the [Palæarctic] Region. 1883List Animals (Zool. Soc.) (ed. 8) 517 Houbara Bustard. 1905J. I. S. Whitaker Birds Tunisia II. 285 North of the Mediterranean the Houbara is of merely accidental occurrence, but it inhabits North-east Africa. 1925Blackw. Mag. Mar. 339/1 The hobara, or lesser bustard. 1963Times 24 May 13/7 The great Houbara bustard yielded, as evidence of its continued presence..only a single stray feather in one area and a couple of sucked eggs. |