A large, ground-dwelling bird of the bustard family found in grasslands and dry regions of Asia.
From Portuguese florikanam or floricanam, which came from Sanskrit and other Indo-Aryan languages. The term traveled along trade routes and entered European languages through Portuguese colonial contacts in South Asia.
Floricans are incredible jumpers that can explode straight up from the ground to confuse predators! They're endangered now because grasslands are disappearing, making them one of the world's rarest bustard species.
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