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GENUS PASSERINA

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Meaning:

A genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings

Synonyms:

genus Passerina; Passerina

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Passerina"):

indigo bird; indigo bunting; indigo finch; Passerina cyanea (small deep blue North American bunting)

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

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

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