bunting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bunting
    n 1: a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
    2: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North
       America

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
   fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
   garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
   See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zool.)
   (a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the
       size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
       delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}.
   (b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola oenanthe}).
   (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana
       Carolina}). See {Sora}.
       [1913 Webster]

from 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, n. [Prov. E. bunting
   sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material
   used for that purpose.]
   A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and
   ships' signals.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunting":
      Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner,
      Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, and blue, banderole,
      banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, burgee, coachwhip,
      colors, ensign, flag, gonfalon, gonfanon, guidon, house flag, jack,
      long pennant, merchant flag, national flag, oriflamme, pennant,
      pennon, pennoncel, red, red ensign, royal standard, signal flag,
      standard, streamer, swallowtail, tricolor, vexillum, white