GOLDFINCH

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)