Difference between bird and ortolan
Definitions
noun
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
verb
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
Examples
I first learned about cassowaries when I was at the School for Field Studies SFS Center for Rainforest Studies in Fall of 1990 as a college student, and was fascinated that they're the only bird that can "scarify" certain rainforest seeds.
In 100 days we saw two pods of dolphins, a pod of blue whales and a few marine birds.
The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
Definitions
noun
- brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Examples
There is no generally accepted comprehensive definition of a portolan chart.
There is a small bird called the ortolan, which is highly esteemed by the Italian gourmands.
One was a kind of thrush, the other a small dove called the ortolan, and esteemed a very great delicacy on account of its exquisite flavour.
