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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ortolan
ortolan
n : brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy [syn:
ortolan bunting
,
Emberiza hortulana]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ortolan
Ortolan
\Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
See
Yard an inclosure, and cf.
Hortulan.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European singing bird (
Emberiza hortulana), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
delicious food when fattened. Called also
bunting.
(b) In England, the wheatear (
Saxicola [oe]nanthe).
(c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (
Porzana Carolina
). See
Sora.
[1913 Webster]
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