Geospiza

noun

Ge·​o·​spi·​za

ˈjēōˈspīzə,

jēˈäspə̇zə

: a genus of finches of black or dark color confined to the Galápagos islands and commonly considered to form a distinct subfamily of Fringillidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ge- + Greek spiza, a kind of finch

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