Definition of fringillidae Fringillidae

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What does fringillidae mean?

WordNet

Noun
fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
		family Fringillidae
		bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
		oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
		finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
		fringilla, genus fringilla type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
		carduelinae, subfamily carduelinae used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
		carduelis, genus carduelis in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets
		genus spinus, spinus in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
		carpodacus, genus carpodacus house finches and purple finches
		genus serinus, serinus Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins
		genus loxia, loxia crossbill
		genus pyrrhula, pyrrhula bullfinches
		genus junco American finches
		genus pooecetes, pooecetes a genus of Fringillidae
		genus zonotrichia, zonotrichia large New World sparrows
		genus spizella, spizella chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow
		genus melospiza, melospiza American song sparrow and swamp sparrow
		emberizidae, subfamily emberizidae, subfamily emberizinae buntings and some New World sparrows
		genus hesperiphona, hesperiphona evening grosbeak
		coccothraustes, genus coccothraustes large finches
		genus pinicola, pinicola a genus of Fringillidae
		genus richmondena, richmondena cardinals
		genus pyrrhuloxia large showy finches related to cardinals
		genus pipilo, pipilo towhees