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ORTOLAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does ortolan mean?

• ORTOLAN (noun)
The noun ORTOLAN has 1 sense:

1. brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy

Familiarity information: ORTOLAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORTOLAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting

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

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

Holonyms ("ortolan" is a member of...):

Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)

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