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passerina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun passerina has 1 sense
- passerina(n = noun.animal) genus passerina - a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings; Array is a kind of bird genus
is a member of emberizidae, subfamily emberizidae, subfamily emberizinae
CIDE DICTIONARY
passerina, prop. n.
A genus of small North American bush-loving finches; the New World buntings. [WordNet 1.5]
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