单词 | emberizine |
释义 | emberizine[ em-buh-rahy-zin, -zahyn ] / ˌɛm bəˈraɪ zɪn, -zaɪn / adjectivebelonging or pertaining to the subfamily Emberizinae, comprising the buntings, New World sparrows, and related birds. nounan emberizine bird. Origin of emberizineFirst 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”; see origin at emmer, yellowhammer,-inae Words nearby emberizineembellishment, ember, Ember day, Ember days, ember goose, emberizine, Ember week, embezzle, embezzlement, embiid, embiotocid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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