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CARDUELIS FLAMMEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump
Synonyms:
Carduelis flammea; redpoll
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carduelis flammea" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("Carduelis flammea" 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)