PURPLE FINCH

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Meaning:

North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

Synonyms:

Carpodacus purpureus; purple finch

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("purple finch" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("purple finch" is a member of...):

Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus (house finches and purple finches)

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