单词 | ortolan bunting |
释义 | ortolan bunting (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY ortolan bunting USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, the French regard the ortolan bunting as a delicacy, with local authorities ignoring violations of a Europe-wide hunting ban. Los Angeles Times(Dec 10, 2015) Numbers of skylark and ortolan bunting, a songbird illegally hunted and eaten whole in France, have fallen by around half. The Guardian(May 14, 2015) Amongst these may be mentioned the blue-throated warbler, ortolan bunting, Lapland bunting, shore lark, red-throated pipit, tree warbler, and many others. Cooper, A. Heaton (Alfred Heaton), Peeps at Many Lands: Norway(2010) n brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy Syn|Hyper Emberiza hortulana, ortolan bunting any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America |
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