CARDUELIS FLAMMEA

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 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)

Sense 1

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)