ortolan in English
noun
1
a small Eurasian songbird that was formerly eaten as a delicacy, the male having an olive-green head and yellow throat.
The ortolan was so prized as a delicacy that it was almost hunted into extinction.
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1. Ensemble de Bombardes Ortolan Singer/Songwriter · 1997 Preview SONG TIME Appel porsach
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3. ‘The Beccafico, however, is not as a rule artificially fattened, and on this account was preferred by some sensitive tastes to the ortolan.’ Origin Italian.