SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Emberizinae mean?
• SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE (noun)
The noun SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE has 1 sense:
1. buntings and some New World sparrows
Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE (noun)
Meaning:
Buntings and some New World sparrows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae
Hypernyms ("subfamily Emberizinae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "subfamily Emberizinae"):
genus Passerina; Passerina (a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings)
Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)
genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)
Holonyms ("subfamily Emberizinae" is a member of...):
family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)
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