单词 | emberizine |
释义 | emberizine in American English (ˌembəˈraizɪn, -zain) Ornithology adjective 1. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Emberizinae, comprising the buntings, New World sparrows, and related birds noun 2. an emberizine bird Word origin [‹ NL Emberizinae, equiv. to Emberiz(a) the bunting genus (‹ dial. G; cf. Swiss G Ämerzen, Imbrütze; OHG amarzo, amirzo, hypocoristic forms of amaro (˃G Ammer bunting), short for *amarofogal lit., emmer-bird; see emmer, yellowhammer) + -inae -inae] |
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