FRINGILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fringilla mean? 

• FRINGILLA (noun)
  The noun FRINGILLA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

  Familiarity information: FRINGILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRINGILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fringilla; genus Fringilla

Hypernyms ("Fringilla" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Fringilla"):

chaffinch; Fringilla coelebs (small European finch with a cheerful song)

brambling; Fringilla montifringilla (Eurasian finch)

Holonyms ("Fringilla" is a member of...):

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)