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EMBERIZA HORTULANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Emberiza hortulana mean? 

EMBERIZA HORTULANA (noun)
  The noun EMBERIZA HORTULANA has 1 sense:

1. brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacyplay

  Familiarity information: EMBERIZA HORTULANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EMBERIZA HORTULANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting

Hypernyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a member of...):

Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)


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