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Definition of Emberiza hortulana
1. Noun. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.
Generic synonyms: Bunting
Group relationships: Emberiza, Genus Emberiza
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emberiza Hortulana
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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