ortolan|ortolans in English

noun

['ɔrtələn /'ɔːt-]

short-billed grayish bird whose meat is considered a delicacy (native to Europe, Asia, and Africa)

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1. Ensemble de Bombardes Ortolan Singer/Songwriter · 1997 Preview SONG TIME Appel porsach

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3. Foxes, hares, rails, partridges, snipes, quails, thrushes, Beccaficos and ortolans existed in abundance in the 1760s according to Giovanni Mariti

4. Roman Emperors stabbed out ortolans’ eyes in order to make the birds think it was night, making them eat even more.

5. ‘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.