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Pronunciation : Bun"ting
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid?).

Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Po?c?tes or Pooecetes 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bun"ting, Bun"tine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]
Definition : Defn: A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913