1) Bobolink 2) Bunting 3) Cheesy bite to a Frenchman 4) Cheese to a Frenchman 5) Cheese in France 6) Cheesy bite for a Frenchman 7) Cheesy bite in France 8) Cheese from France 9) Cheesy bite from France 10) Cheese for a Frenchman 11) Contraband delicacy 12) Emberiza hortulana 13) European bunting 14) European cheese
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1) Sora
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• (n.) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora. • (n.) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe). • (n.) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
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(Emberiza hortulana), Eurasian garden and field bird of the subfamily Emberizinae, family Fringillidae. It grows fat in autumn, when large flocks ...
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<zoology> A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. ... Synonym: bunting. ... In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe). ... In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora. ... Origin: F, fr. It. Ortolano ortolan, gardener, f...
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Or'to·lan noun [ French, from Italian
ortolano ortolan, gardener, from Latin
hortulanus gardener, from
hortulus , dim. of
hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See
Yard an inclosure, and confer
Hortulan .]
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The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana) is a songbird of the bunting family, common in Europe and west Asia, migrating to Africa in the winter. The bird reaches a length of about 14 centimetres. In the male the upper surface is reddish-brown with black streaks, the under surface greenish-olive anteriorly and brownish posteriorly. The head is grey and the ...
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tiny wild bird (now protected)
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[
n] - brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
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ortolan bunting noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
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an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy. · the bobolink.
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