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bunting

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bunting

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n
any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
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n
a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bunting
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n any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

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Passerina cyanea, indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch
small deep blue North American bunting
Emberiza hortulana, ortolan, ortolan bunting
brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Emberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting
European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting, yellowhammer
European bunting the male being bright yellow
Emberiza aureola, yellow-breasted bunting
common in Russia and Siberia
Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake
white Arctic bunting
Type of:
finch
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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n a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

Type of:
cloth, fabric, material, textile
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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