goldfinch

Noun
  1. American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer (synset 101534966)
    is a type of: finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    belongs to: genus spinus, spinus - in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
    same as: new world goldfinch, spinus tristis, yellowbird
  2. Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings (synset 101533819)
    is a type of: finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    belongs to: carduelis, genus carduelis - in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets
    same as: carduelis carduelis

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