SPIZELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spizella mean? 

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

1. chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIZELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Spizella; Spizella

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Spizella"):

chipping sparrow; Spizella passerina (small North American finch common in urban areas)

field sparrow; Spizella pusilla (common North American finch of brushy pasturelands)

Spizella arborea; tree sparrow (finch common in winter in the northern U.S.)

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

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