SPINUS TRISTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spinus tristis mean? 

• SPINUS TRISTIS (noun)
  The noun SPINUS TRISTIS has 1 sense:

1. American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

  Familiarity information: SPINUS TRISTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINUS TRISTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

goldfinch; New World goldfinch; Spinus tristis; yellowbird

Hypernyms ("Spinus tristis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Spinus tristis" is a member of...):

genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)