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painted bunting

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noun
a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
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Origin of painted bunting

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby painted bunting

paint bridge, paintbrush, paint-by-numbers, painted, painted beauty, painted bunting, painted cup, Painted Desert, painted greenling, painted horse, painted lady
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How to use painted bunting in a sentence

  • It was here, I think, that I got my first view of the nonpareil, or painted bunting—a bird rarely seen north of the Potomac.

    Under the Maples|John Burroughs

  • The Painted Bunting is a common summer resident in Coahuila.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico|Emil K. Urban
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