ˌzōnəˈtrikēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from zon- + trich- + -ia
: a genus of rather large New World sparrows (family Fringillidae) occurring chiefly in western No. America and having the upperparts largely brown and the underparts unmarked grayish white — see gambel sparrow , golden-crowned sparrow , white-crowned sparrow , white-throated sparrow