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northern cardinal
[ nawr-thern kahr-dn-l ]
/ ĖnÉr ưÉrn ĖkÉr dn l /
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noun
a distinctively crested songbird, Cardinalis cardinalis, the male of which is bright red: the most familiar cardinal in the eastern half of the United States and much of Mexico.
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Also called carĀ·diĀ·nal grosĀ·beak [kahr-dn-l grohs-beek] /ĖkÉr dn l ĖgroŹsĖbik/ .
Origin of northern cardinal
First recorded in 1920ā25
Words nearby northern cardinal
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