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Definition of Fringilla
1. Noun. Type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Chaffinch, Fringilla Coelebs, Brambling, Fringilla Montifringilla
Definition of Fringilla
1. a. A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
Medical Definition of Fringilla
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringilla
Literary usage of Fringilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(2) fringilla, Cuv. The beak of the Finches is somewhat less ... fringilla arcuato,
Enl. 230, fig. 1, where it is much too red; its true tints are those of ..."
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