EMBERIZINE Definition & Meaning

emberizine

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

noun

an emberizine bird.

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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

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

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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.

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