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SPINUS PINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spinus pinus mean? 

SPINUS PINUS (noun)
  The noun SPINUS PINUS has 1 sense:

1. small finch of North American coniferous forestsplay

  Familiarity information: SPINUS PINUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPINUS PINUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small finch of North American coniferous forests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pine finch; pine siskin; Spinus pinus

Hypernyms ("Spinus pinus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Spinus pinus" is a member of...):

genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)


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