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EMBERIZA HORTULANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Emberiza hortulana mean?
• EMBERIZA HORTULANA (noun)
The noun EMBERIZA HORTULANA has 1 sense:
1. brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Familiarity information: EMBERIZA HORTULANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting
Hypernyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a kind of...):
bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)
Holonyms ("Emberiza hortulana" is a member of...):
Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)
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"Ignorance is the worst acquaintance." (Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)