Goldfinch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several small American finches of the genus Carduelis, especially C. tristis, of which the male has yellow plumage with a black forehead, wings, and tail.
  • n. A small Eurasian finch (Carduelis carduelis) having brownish plumage with black wings boldly marked with yellow and a red patch across the face.
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  • n. A small passerine bird of the finch family; the European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, the American goldfinch, Carduelis tristis, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis lawrencei, or the lesser goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William.
  • n. The yellow-hammer.
  • n. A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An elegant European siskin or thistle-bird, Carduelis elegans, of the family Fringillidæ, having wings conspicuously marked with yellow, and a crimson face.
  • n. The American thistle-bird, Chrysomitris tristis, of the family Fringillidæ, having a yellow body, with black cap, wings, and tail, the latter marked also with white.
  • n. Some finch like or likened to either of the above, as the Arkansan goldfinch, Chry-somitris psaltria.
  • n. The yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella: a misnomer.
  • n. A gold piece; a sovereign.
  • n. In angling, the name of an artificial salmon-fly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
  • n. small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    finch   
    Cross Reference
    tidley goldfinch    lettuce-bird    thistlewarp   
    Variant
    goldspink    goldie    fool's coat    drawbird    draw-water   
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    chaffinch    turtledove    oriole    linnet    kingbird   
     
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