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    GENUS EMBERIZA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World buntingsplay

    Synonyms:

    Emberiza; genus Emberiza

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Emberiza" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Emberiza"):

    Emberiza hortulana; ortolan; ortolan bunting (brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy)

    Emberiza schoeniclus; reed bunting (European bunting inhabiting marshy areas)

    Emberiza citrinella; yellow bunting; yellowhammer (European bunting the male being bright yellow)

    Emberiza aureola; yellow-breasted bunting (common in Russia and Siberia)

    Holonyms ("genus Emberiza" is a member of...):

    Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)

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