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

Derived forms: ortolan buntings

Type of: bunting

Part of: Emberiza, genus Emberiza

Encyclopedia: Ortolan bunting