CARPODACUS MEXICANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carpodacus mexicanus mean? 

• CARPODACUS MEXICANUS (noun)
  The noun CARPODACUS MEXICANUS has 1 sense:

1. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

  Familiarity information: CARPODACUS MEXICANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPODACUS MEXICANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carpodacus mexicanus; house finch; linnet

Hypernyms ("Carpodacus mexicanus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Carpodacus mexicanus" is a member of...):

Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus (house finches and purple finches)