EMBERIZIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Emberizidae mean? 

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

1. buntings and some New World sparrows

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBERIZIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Buntings and some New World sparrows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae

Hypernyms ("Emberizidae" 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 "Emberizidae"):

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 ("Emberizidae" is a member of...):

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)