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Melospiza

noun

American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

• Syn: ↑genus Melospiza

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑song sparrow, ↑Melospiza melodia, ↑swamp sparrow, ↑Melospiza georgiana

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\\ˌmeləˈspīzə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from melo- (I) + Greek spiza chaffinch — more at finch

: a genus of birds (family Fringillidae) containing the American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

Useful english dictionary. 2012.