Carduelis

Noun

Meaning

in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

genus Carduelis

Hypernyms

bird genus

Phrases with the word

Carduelis citrinella Carduelis johannis Carduelis yemenensis

Examples

Carduelis was split by moving the greenfinches to Chloris and a large clade into Spinus leaving just three species in the original genus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carduelid Carduelinae cardueline Carduelis cannabina Carduelis carduelis Carduelis citrinella