ortolan

  • 31ortolan bunting — noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy • Syn: ↑ortolan, ↑Emberiza hortulana • Hypernyms: ↑bunting • Member Holonyms: ↑Emberiza, ↑genus Emberiza …

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  • 32ortolan — noun Etymology: French or Italian; French, from Italian ortolano, literally, gardener, from Latin hortulanus, from hortulus, diminutive of hortus garden more at yard Date: 1656 an Old World bunting (Emberiza hortulana) having a greenish gray head …

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  • 33Ortolan — Or|to|lan 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e; Zool.〉 zu den Ammern gehörender, bunter Zugvogel: Emberiza hortulana [Etym.: <ital. ortolano »Gärtner« <lat. hortolanus] …

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  • 34Ortolan — Or|to|lan der; s, e <aus gleichbed. it. ortolano, eigtl. »Gärtner«, dies zu spätlat. (h)ortulanus, »den Garten betreffend«> Gartenammer, Ammer mit olivgrünem Kopf u. Hals sowie gelber Kehle …

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  • 35ortolan — É”rtÉ™lÉ™n / ɔːt n. short billed grayish bird whose meat is considered a delicacy (native to Europe, Asia, and Africa) …

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  • 36ortolan — or·to·lan …

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  • 37ortolan — or•to•lan [[t]ˈɔr tl ən[/t]] n. orn an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy • Etymology: 1625–60; < F, MF < It lit., gardener …

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  • 38ortolan — /ˈɔtələn/ (say awtuhluhn) noun 1. a bunting, Emberiza hortulana, of Asia and Europe, esteemed as a table delicacy. 2. → bobolink. {French, from Provençal: literally, gardener (i.e. frequenting gardens), from Latin hortulānus of gardens} …

  • 39ortolan —   n. kind of bunting (bird) esteemed as food …

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  • 40Ortolan — Or|to|lan, der; s, e <italienisch> (ein Vogel) …

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