emberizine

[ em-buh-rahy-zin, -zahyn ]

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Emberizinae, comprising the buntings, New World sparrows, and related birds.

noun

1. an emberizine bird.

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

Example Sentences

Yet, in Leucosticte, a cardueline, and in Calcarius, an emberizine, whose foraging habits are rather similar, the structure is unlike.

From Project Gutenberg

A muscular band which extends from the pars interna of the m. gastrocnemius around the front of the knee is present in every emberizine species that I studied and in the Genus Piranga.

From Project Gutenberg