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    BUNTING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North Americaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bunting" is a kind of...):

    finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bunting"):

    indigo bird; indigo bunting; indigo finch; Passerina cyanea (small deep blue North American bunting)

    Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting (brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy)

    Emberiza schoeniclus; reed bunting (European bunting inhabiting marshy areas)

    Emberiza citrinella; yellow bunting; yellowhammer (European bunting the male being bright yellow)

    Emberiza aureola; yellow-breasted bunting (common in Russia and Siberia)

    Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake (white Arctic bunting)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("bunting" is a kind of...):

    cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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