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emberizine
[ em-buh-rahy-zin, -zahyn ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Emberizinae, comprising the buntings, New World sparrows, and related birds.
noun
- an emberizine bird.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emberizine1
First recorded in 1900–05; from New Latin Emberizinae, equivalent to Emberiz(a) the bunting genus, from dialectal German, from Old High German amarzo, amirzo, pet names or diminutives of amaro (becoming German Ammer “bunting”), short for amarofogal (unattested), literally, “emmer-bird”; emmer, yellowhammer, -inae
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Example Sentences
Serological relationships of Carpodacus with the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage.
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Within the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage, Junco and Zonotrichia constitute a sub-group apart from the others.
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Spiza, serologically, is closely related to all species of the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage.
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