Found 5 hits - Term: bunting, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ortolan \or"tolan\, 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. zool.
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 oenanthe.
c in america, the sora, or carolina rail porzana
carolina. see sora.
1913 webster
see also:
yard hortulan emberiza hortulana bunting saxicola oenanthe porzana carolina
sora
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
fringillidae.
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"ocaetes
gramineus or pooecetes 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
see also:
emberiza fringillidae emberiza miliaria emberiza hortulana emberiza cirlus granitivora melanocephala
po"ocaetes gramineus pooecetes gramineus spiza americana pipilo plectrophanax nivalis
ortolan chewick snow bunting lark bunting
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bunting \bun"ting\, buntine \bun"tine\, n. prov. e. bunting
sifting flour, oe. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material
used for that purpose.
a thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and
ships' signals.
1913 webster
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bunting
n 1: a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
2: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of europe or north
america
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 moby thesaurus words for "bunting":
dannebrog, jolly roger, old glory, star-spangled banner,
stars and stripes, union flag, union jack, and blue, banderole,
banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, burgee, coachwhip,
colors, ensign, flag, gonfalon, gonfanon, guidon, house flag, jack,
long pennant, merchant flag, national flag, oriflamme, pennant,
pennon, pennoncel, red, red ensign, royal standard, signal flag,
standard, streamer, swallowtail, tricolor, vexillum, white
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