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cardueline
[ kahr-joo-ee-lin ]
/ ˌkɑr dʒuˈi lɪn /
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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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Origin of cardueline
<New Latin Carduelinae, equivalent to Carduel(is) genus name (Latin: goldfinch, derivative of carduus thistle) + -inae-inae
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How to use cardueline in a sentence
He states further that the cardueline finches arise without disjunction from the tanagers.
Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae|William B. StallcupThe muscle does not seem to be so well developed in the cardueline finches as it is in the other species.
Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae|William B. StallcupOnly the ploceids and the cardueline finches in the present investigation fail to show such a division.
Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae|William B. Stallcup