HyperDic: carduelis_flammea

English > 1 sense of the expression *Carduelis flammea*:
NOUN	animal	Carduelis flammea, redpoll	small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump

English > *Carduelis flammea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump.
Synonym	redpoll
Member of	Carduelis, genus Carduelis	In some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae
Broader	finch	Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds