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bunting

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Wikipedia:

Bunting

Summary:

can refer to: Bunting (bird), a group of birds | An infant sleeping bag | The act of laying down a bunt, a type of offensive play in baseball | Bunting (textile), a lightweight cloth material often used for flags and festive decorations | Bye, baby ...  (42 of 250 words, 30 senses)

Columbia:

bunting

Summary:

common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer ...  (24 of 137 words)

Random House:

bunting

Summary:

a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc. | patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usually ...  (24 of 91 words, 5 senses, pronunciation)

Wiktionary:

bunting | buntings [plural] | black-headed bunting | indigo bunting | painted bunting | reed bunting | snow bunting

Summary:

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag. | [nautical] A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it's light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind. ...  (44 of 79 words, 5 senses, pronunciation)

Merriam-Webster:

bunting

Summary:

any of various stout-billed passerine birds (families Cardinalidae and Emberizidae) of which some are grouped with the cardinal and some with the New ...  (23 of 42 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Encarta:

bunting | buntings [plural]

Summary:

a small seed-eating songbird related to the finch, with a short heavy beak and usually brown or gray feathers. Family Emberizidae.  (21 of 37 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

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