northern cardinal

[ nawr-thern kahr-dn-l ]

/ ˈnɔr ðərn ˈkɑr 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 car·di·nal gros·beak

[kahr-dn-l grohs-beek] /ˈkɑr dn l ˈgroʊsˌbik/ .

Origin of northern cardinal

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby northern cardinal

Northern blot, Northern blot analysis, Northern Cameroons, northern canoe, Northern Cape, northern cardinal, northern corn-leaf blight, northern corn rootworm, Northern Cross, Northern Crown, Northern Dvina

How to use northern cardinal in a sentence

Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
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As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
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His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
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There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.
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On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He signalized himself by a great victory which he obtained on the banks of the Neva, over the northern powers.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Before his rencontre with Ripperda at the Cardinal's, he had penetrated all the secrets of the Altheim apartments.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Cardinal then hinted, that Wharton had vanished on some occult mission, to circumvent the Italian investiture.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter