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FRINGILLA COELEBS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fringilla coelebs mean?
• FRINGILLA COELEBS (noun)
The noun FRINGILLA COELEBS has 1 sense:
1. small European finch with a cheerful song
Familiarity information: FRINGILLA COELEBS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small European finch with a cheerful song
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chaffinch; Fringilla coelebs
Hypernyms ("Fringilla coelebs" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("Fringilla coelebs" is a member of...):
Fringilla; genus Fringilla (type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling)
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