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ORTOLAN BUNTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ortolan bunting mean?
• ORTOLAN BUNTING (noun)
The noun ORTOLAN BUNTING has 1 sense:
1. brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Familiarity information: ORTOLAN BUNTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting
Hypernyms ("ortolan bunting" is a kind of...):
bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)
Holonyms ("ortolan bunting" is a member of...):
Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)
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