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cardueline
[ kahr-joo-ee-lin ]
adjective
- of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
noun
- any bird of the subfamily Carduelinae.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cardueline1
< New Latin Carduelinae, equivalent to Carduel ( is ) genus name ( Latin: goldfinch, derivative of carduus thistle) + -inae -inae
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Example Sentences
He states further that the cardueline finches arise without disjunction from the tanagers.
From Project Gutenberg
The muscle does not seem to be so well developed in the cardueline finches as it is in the other species.
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Only the ploceids and the cardueline finches in the present investigation fail to show such a division.
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