REDPOLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redpoll mean? 

• REDPOLL (noun)
  The noun REDPOLL has 2 senses:

1. small siskin-like finch with a red crown

2. small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump

  Familiarity information: REDPOLL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDPOLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small siskin-like finch with a red crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carduelis hornemanni; redpoll

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

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

Holonyms ("redpoll" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carduelis flammea; redpoll

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

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

Holonyms ("redpoll" 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)