fringilline
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of fringilline
C19: from New Latin Fringilla type genus, from Latin fringilla a small bird, perhaps a chaffinch
Example Sentences
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It is very abundant on the Rio Negro, especially in the immediate neighbourhood of the Carmen settlements, for, like the Chingolo and other fringilline species, it is beneficially affected by cultivation.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The robin, the little bird "with the red stomacher," would be there for the customary crumbs at meal-time, and many dainty fringilline pensioners would keep him company.
From Birds in Town and Village by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Among the rarer fringilline birds on the common were the cirl bunting, bullfinch and goldfinch, the last two rarely seen.
From Birds in Town and Village by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Serin, ser′in, n. a small fringilline bird like the canary.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Sparrow, spar′ō, n. an Old World genus of birds of fringilline family.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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