Translingual

Carduelis spinus

Proper noun

Carduelis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – now three species of goldfinch, but that formerly included the greenfinches, redpolls, linnets, the twite, and the non-African siskins.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Fringillidae - family; Carduelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Carduelis carduelis (European goldfinch) - type species; Carduelis citrinella (citril finch), Carduelis corsicana (Corsican finch) - other species
  • 25 species that were placed here in recent classificatons have been moved to genera Acanthis, Linaria, and Spinus.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Noun

carduēlis f ‎(genitive carduēlis); third declension

1. The thistlefinch, goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Descendants

• Translingual: Carduelis

References

• carduelis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press