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GENUS EMBERIZA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Emberiza mean?

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

1. Old World buntings

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS EMBERIZA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Old World buntings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberiza; genus Emberiza

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Emberiza" is a member of...):

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

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