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bunting

25 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) bunting (noun)
  2. 2) bunting (noun)
  3. 3) bunting (noun)
  4. bunt (verb)
  5. bunton (noun)
  6. bunting crow (noun)
  7. bunting iron (noun)
  8. bay-winged bunting (noun)
  9. black-throated bunting (noun)
  10. cirl bunting (noun)
  11. corn bunting (noun)
  12. indigo bunting (noun)
  13. lark bunting (noun)
  14. lazuli bunting (noun)
  15. painted bunting (noun)
  16. reed bunting (noun)
  17. rice bunting (noun)
  18. ring bunting (noun)
  19. snow bunting (noun)
  20. tawny bunting (noun)
  21. varied bunting (noun)
  22. winter bunting (noun)
  23. yellow-breasted bunting (noun)
  24. yellow bunting (noun)
  25. McCown's longspur (noun)

1bun·ting

noun \ˈbən-tiŋ\

Definition of BUNTING

: any of various stout-billed passerine birds (families Cardinalidae and Emberizidae) of which some are grouped with the cardinal and some with the New World sparrows — compare indigo bunting, painted bunting

Origin of BUNTING

Middle English
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Birds Terms

aerie, clutch, covey, hackle, ratite, rictus, ruff, skein, zygodactyl

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