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noun - brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
noun - a European bird
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| Plural form of ortolan. |
| a small Eurasian songbird that was formerly eaten as a delicacy, the male having an olive-green head and yellow throat. |
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| The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana) or ortolan bunting, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old High German Embritz, a bunting. The specific hortulana is from the Italian name for this bird, ortolana. The English ortolan is derived from Middle French hortolan, "gardener".The ortolan is served in French cuisine, typically cooked and eaten whole. Traditionally diners cover their heads with their napkin, or a towel while eating the delicacy. The bird is so widely used that its French populations dropped dangerously low, leading to laws restricting its use in 1999. In September 2007, the French government announced its intent to enforce long ignored laws protecting the bird. It was famously eaten as the last meal of former French President François Mitterrand before he died in 1996. |