bunt : Idioms & Phrases

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cirl bunting

Cirl" bun`ting
Etymology
Cf. It. cirlo.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
Webster 1913

drag a bunt

  • verb hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
    bunt.
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indigo bunting

  • noun small deep blue North American bunting
    Passerina cyanea; indigo finch; indigo bird.
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Lark bunting

  • (Zoöl.), a fringilline bird (Calamospiza melanocorys) found on the plains of the Western United States.
Webster 1913

ortolan bunting

  • noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
    ortolan; Emberiza hortulana.
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Reed bunting

  • noun European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
    Emberiza schoeniclus.
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  • (Zoöl.) A European sparrow (Emberiza sch&oe;niclus) which frequents marshy places; called also reed sparrow, ring bunting. (b) Reedling.
Webster 1913

Rice bunting

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Ricebird.
Webster 1913

Snow bunting

  • noun white Arctic bunting
    snowbird; Plectrophenax nivalis; snowflake.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.
Webster 1913

Yellow bunting

  • noun European bunting the male being bright yellow
    Emberiza citrinella; yellowhammer.
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  • (Zoöl.), the European yellow-hammer.
Webster 1913

yellow-breasted bunting

  • noun common in Russia and Siberia
    Emberiza aureola.
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