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Noun: ortolan  or-tu-lun
  1. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
    "The controversial practice of eating ortolans has been banned in many countries";
    - ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana

Derived forms: ortolans

Type of: bunting

Part of: Emberiza, genus Emberiza

Encyclopedia: Ortolan