Definition of Emberiza hortulana

1. Noun. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.

Exact synonyms: Ortolan, Ortolan Bunting
Generic synonyms: Bunting
Group relationships: Emberiza, Genus Emberiza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emberiza Hortulana

Em
Emacs
Emajõgi
Emanuel
Emanuel Svedberg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Embadomonas
Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway
Embden-Meyerhof pathway
Embden ester
Ember Day
Emberings
Emberiza
Emberiza aureola
Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza hortulana (current term)
Emberiza schoeniclus
Emberizidae
Embiodea
Embioptera
Embiotocidae
Embothrium
Embothrium coccineum
Embu
Emerald
Emerald City
Emerald Isle
Emergency Alert System
Emerson
Emersonian

Literary usage of Emberiza hortulana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield (1858)
"Emberiza hortulana, Linn. Emberiza hortulana, Linn., S. JV. I. p. 309. Lath., V. p. 295. Gould, Birds of Sur. t. 176. GR Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. ..."

2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"The Ortolan, (Emberiza hortulana,^ which is another species of the same genus, is common in the central and ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"Emberiza hortulana, Linnaeus*. THE ORTOLAN. Emberiza hortulana. THE ORTOLAN, or Green-headed Bunting, ..."

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