fringillid

[ frin-jil-id ]

adjective

1. Also frin·gil·line [] belonging or pertaining to the family Fringillidae, comprising the finches and related birds.

noun

1. a fringillid bird.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fringillid¹

1850–55; < New Latin Fringillidae name of family, equivalent to Latin fringill ( a ) chaffinch + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

Siskin, sis′kin, n. a genus of perching birds belonging to the family Fringillid, the true finches.

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Two additional views of the model shown in fig. 22 illustrating serological relationships among fringillid and related birds.

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Two views of a model illustrating serological relationships among fringillid and related birds.

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It is suggested that Spiza is a primitive richmondenine closely related to the ancestral fringillid stock.

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