CARDUELIS FLAMMEA

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Meaning:

Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump

Synonyms:

Carduelis flammea; redpoll

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Nouns denoting animals

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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