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corn bunting

corn bunting noun: a passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.

corn bunting: a passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and...
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Noun

corn bunting (plural corn buntings)

  1. A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.

Forms of corn bunting

pluralcorn buntings

Questions about corn bunting

What does corn bunting mean?
Corn bunting means a passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.
What part of speech is corn bunting?
Corn bunting is a noun.
What is the plural of corn bunting?
The plural of corn bunting is corn buntings.

Words near corn bunting in the dictionary

  1. corn blotch leafminers
  2. corn borer
  3. corn borers
  4. corn bread
  5. corn breads
  6. corn bunting
  7. corn buntings
  8. corn cheese
  9. corn chip
  10. corn chips
  11. corn circle

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