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

Serological relationships of Carpodacus with the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage.

From Project Gutenberg

Within the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage, Junco and Zonotrichia constitute a sub-group apart from the others.

From Project Gutenberg

Spiza, serologically, is closely related to all species of the richmondenine-emberizine-thraupid assemblage.

From Project Gutenberg