genus passerina

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   a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings

   SynonymsPasserina

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofEmberizidae

Questions about genus passerina

What does genus passerina mean?

genus passerina means "a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings".

What is another word for genus passerina?

Close synonyms include Passerina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus passerina a common word?

genus passerina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.