CARDUELIS CUCULLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carduelis cucullata mean? 

• CARDUELIS CUCULLATA (noun)
  The noun CARDUELIS CUCULLATA has 1 sense:

1. South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail

  Familiarity information: CARDUELIS CUCULLATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDUELIS CUCULLATA (noun)

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Meaning:

South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carduelis cucullata; red siskin

Hypernyms ("Carduelis cucullata" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("Carduelis cucullata" is a member of...):

Carduelis; genus Carduelis (in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets)