CARDUELIS FLAMMEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Carduelis flammea mean? • CARDUELIS FLAMMEA (noun)
The noun CARDUELIS FLAMMEA has 1 sense:
1. small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump
Familiarity information: CARDUELIS FLAMMEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARDUELIS FLAMMEA (noun)
Meaning:
Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carduelis flammea; redpoll
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)
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