'Emberiza hortulana' definitions:
Definition of 'Emberiza hortulana'
From: WordNet
noun
Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy [syn: ortolan, ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana]
Definition of 'Emberiza hortulana'
From: GCIDE
- Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zool.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]). [1913 Webster]
- Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan ({Emberiza hortulana}); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus} or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, {Lark bunting}. [1913 Webster] Bunting