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ortolan bunting

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Emberiza hortulana, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ortolan, Emberiza hortulana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bunting

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: cërla e kopshtit — Emberiza hortulana
  • Albanian: fuga e kopshtit — Emberiza hortulana
  • Dutch: ortolaan — Emberiza hortulana
  • Finnish: peltosirkku — Emberiza hortulana
  • French: bruant ortolan — Emberiza hortulana
  • German: Ortolan — Emberiza hortulana
  • German: Gartenammer — Emberiza hortulana
  • Hungarian: kerti sármány — Emberiza hortulana
  • Polish: ortolan — Emberiza hortulana
  • Polish: trznadel ortolan — Emberiza hortulana
  • Romanian: presură de grădină — Emberiza hortulana
  • Russian: садо́вая овся́нка (sadóvaja ovsjánka) — Emberiza hortulana
  • Swedish: ortolansparv — Emberiza hortulana