Florican
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Florican is a noun meaning Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
Meaning
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
Example Sentences
The park is also home to nearly 400 bird species, three of which - the Bengal florican, the lesser florican and the sarus crane - are endangered.
The are two reasons to believe the figure of 362 might be an underestimate: first, not all floricans were seen on each vidi and, second, male floricans were found in other habitats, including cultivated land.
Each state is taking its own course of action to conserve bustards and floricans without knowing what the other states are doing. There is no cooperation among the states, even though bustards and floricans move from one state to another.
Word Forms
- floricans
- florikan
- floriken
- florikin
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include florikan, floriken, florikin, otidid, korhaan, knorhaan.
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