GOLDFINCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does goldfinch mean?
• GOLDFINCH (noun)
The noun GOLDFINCH has 2 senses:
1. American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
2. small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Familiarity information: GOLDFINCH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GOLDFINCH (noun)
Meaning:
American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
goldfinch; New world goldfinch; Spinus tristis; yellowbird
Hypernyms ("goldfinch" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("goldfinch" is a member of...):
genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)
Meaning:
Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carduelis carduelis; goldfinch
Hypernyms ("goldfinch" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("goldfinch" 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)
