EMBERIZA HORTULANA

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Meaning:

Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy

Synonyms:

Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a member of...):

Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)

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