EMBERIZA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Emberiza mean? 

• EMBERIZA (noun)
  The noun EMBERIZA has 1 sense:

1. Old World buntings

  Familiarity information: EMBERIZA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBERIZA (noun)

Meaning:

Old World buntings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberiza; genus Emberiza

Hypernyms ("Emberiza" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Emberiza"):

Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting (brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy)

Emberiza schoeniclus; reed bunting (European bunting inhabiting marshy areas)

Emberiza citrinella; yellow bunting; yellowhammer (European bunting the male being bright yellow)

Emberiza aureola; yellow-breasted bunting (common in Russia and Siberia)

Holonyms ("Emberiza" is a member of...):

Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)