PASSERINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Passerina mean? 

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

1. a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASSERINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Passerina; Passerina

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Passerina"):

indigo bird; indigo bunting; indigo finch; Passerina cyanea (small deep blue North American bunting)

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

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