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Definition of Spinus
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches.
Exact synonyms: Genus Spinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Goldfinch, New World Goldfinch, Spinus Tristis, Yellowbird, Pine Finch, Pine Siskin, Spinus Pinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Goldfinch, New World Goldfinch, Spinus Tristis, Yellowbird, Pine Finch, Pine Siskin, Spinus Pinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinus
Literary usage of Spinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"Ind. Orn.— Carduelis spinus, STEPH. Gen. Zool.—SELBY'S Br. Orn.—Siskin, SELBY'S Br.
Orn.—Siskin Goldwing, Analyst, No. 14. I AM convinced our Ornithologists ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Type, C. spinus (Linn.). Possessing a bill of similar shape to that of the
Goldfinches, attenuated and pointed, the Siskins differ from the latter birds ..."
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