GENUS MELOSPIZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melospiza mean? 

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

1. American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MELOSPIZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melospiza; Melospiza

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Melospiza"):

Melospiza melodia; song sparrow (small songbird common in North America)

Melospiza georgiana; swamp sparrow (North American finch of marshy area)

Holonyms ("genus Melospiza" is a member of...):

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