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floriken

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis.

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  • noun An Indian bustard (Otis aurita).

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Examples

  • Mr.R. Thompson it is flown at kites and antelope: in Sind it is used upon night-heron (nyctardea nycticorax), floriken or Hobara

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • According to Mr.R. Thompson it is flown at kites and antelope: in Sind it is used upon night-heron (nyctardea nycticorax), floriken or Hobara (Otis aurita), quail, partridge, curlew and sometimes hare: it gives excellent sport with crows but requires to be defended.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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variants (3)

Variants

  1. florican
  2. florikan
  3. florikin

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