spizine

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adjective

Relative to the Spizinae, an obsolete suborder of birds within the order Passeriformes (songbirds) that bear features characteristic of finches and similar small birds with a short conical bill, in use until the turn of the XIXᵗʰ century.

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Meanings

adjectivespizine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelative to the Spizinae, an obsolete suborder of birds within the order Passeriformes (songbirds) that bear features characteristic of finches and similar small birds with a short conical bill, in use until the turn of the XIXᵗʰ century.
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APA

spizine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spizine

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“spizine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spizine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spizine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spizine.

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