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CARDUELIS CARDUELIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Synonyms:
Carduelis carduelis; goldfinch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carduelis carduelis" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("Carduelis carduelis" is a member of...):
Carduelis; genus Carduelis (in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets)