ortolan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

{*1} Ignoble souls!—De L’Omelette perished of an ortolan. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
The ortolan is a small bird, abundant in southern Europe, Cyprus, and Japan. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
The fattening of ortolans, birds of passage which arrive lean in the country, is said to be so in some parts of France. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana

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