NOUN | animal | goldfinch, New World goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis | American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer |
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animal | goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis | small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings |
Sounds | gow'ldfih.nch | |
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Rhymes | cinch ... winch: 9 rhymes with ihnch... |
Meaning | American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer. | |
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Synonyms | New World goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis | |
Member of | Spinus, genus Spinus | In some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis |
Broader | finch | Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds |
Meaning | small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings. | |
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Synonym | Carduelis carduelis | |
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 |
Spanish | jilguero | |
Catalan | cadernera, Carduelis carduelis |
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