Fringillidae

noun

finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings

• Syn: ↑family Fringillidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

• Member Meronyms:

↑finch, ↑Fringilla, ↑genus Fringilla, ↑Carduelinae, ↑subfamily Carduelinae, ↑Carduelis, ↑genus Carduelis, ↑Spinus, ↑genus Spinus, ↑Carpodacus, ↑genus Carpodacus, ↑Serinus, ↑genus Serinus, ↑Loxia, ↑genus Loxia, ↑Pyrrhula, ↑genus Pyrrhula, ↑genus Junco, ↑Pooecetes, ↑genus Pooecetes, ↑Zonotrichia, ↑genus Zonotrichia, ↑Spizella, ↑genus Spizella, ↑Melospiza, ↑genus Melospiza, ↑Emberizidae, ↑subfamily Emberizidae, ↑subfamily Emberizinae, ↑Hesperiphona, ↑genus Hesperiphona, ↑Coccothraustes, ↑genus Coccothraustes, ↑Pinicola, ↑genus Pinicola, ↑Richmondena, ↑genus Richmondena, ↑genus Pyrrhuloxia, ↑Pipilo, ↑genus Pipilo, ↑Chlorura, ↑genus Chlorura

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\\frinˈjiləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Fringilla, type genus + -idae

: a family of small seed-eating passerine birds that comprise the finches, that have strong bills which are short and usually thick at the base, and that often exhibit well-marked sexual dimorphism with the juveniles resembling the females