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Ortolan

//ˈɔɹ.tə.læn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.

    "[…]this taught him to consider Sophia as a most delicious morsel, indeed to regard her with the same desires which an ortolan inspires into the soul of an epicure."

  2. 2
    brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various similar birds, especially the bobolink, sora, or snow bunting. US
  4. 4
    The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla).

Etymology

From Middle French hortolan (“gardener”), from Latin hortulānus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortulan.

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