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BUNTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bunting" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bunting"):
indigo bird; indigo bunting; indigo finch; Passerina cyanea (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bunting" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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