emberizine

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

/ ˌɛm bəˈraɪ zɪn, -zaɪn /

Ornithology

adjective

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

noun

an emberizine bird.

Words nearby emberizine

ember, ember day, ember days, ember goose, ember week, emberizine, embezzle, embezzlement, embiid, embiotocid, embitter

Origin of emberizine

< New Latin Emberizinae, equivalent to Emberiz(a) the bunting genus (< dialectal German; compare Swiss German Ämerzen, Imbrütze; Old High German amarzo, amirzo, hypocoristic forms of amaro (> German Ammer bunting), short for *amarofogal literally, emmer-bird; see emmer, yellowhammer) + -inae -inae