Akademik

Spizella

noun

chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow

• Syn: ↑genus Spizella

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑chipping sparrow, ↑Spizella passerina, ↑field sparrow, ↑Spizella pusilla, ↑tree sparrow, ↑Spizella arborea

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\\spə̇ˈzelə, spīˈz-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spiza chaffinch + Latin -ella — more at finch

: a genus of small American finches including the chipping sparrow, the field sparrow, the tree sparrow, and related birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.