CARDUELIS CARDUELIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Carduelis carduelis mean? • CARDUELIS CARDUELIS (noun)
The noun CARDUELIS CARDUELIS has 1 sense:
1. small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Familiarity information: CARDUELIS CARDUELIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARDUELIS CARDUELIS (noun)
Meaning:
Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carduelis carduelis; goldfinch
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)
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