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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. common North American finch noted for its evening song;
[syn: vesper sparrow, grass finch, Pooecetes gramineus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zool.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]). [1913 Webster] Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting. [1913 Webster] Bunting
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pooecetes gramineus n 1: common North American finch noted for its evening song [syn: vesper sparrow, grass finch, Pooecetes gramineus]