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Webster 1913 Edition

(-p?lˊ)

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus

Acanthis

(formerly

Aegiothus

), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (

Acanthis linarius

) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also

redpoll linnet

. See Illust. under

(b)

The common European linnet.

(c)

The American redpoll warbler (

Dendroica palmarum

redpoll ‎(plural redpolls)

Any of various finches in the genus Acanthis (syn. Carduelis), which have characteristic red markings on their heads.
(obsolete) A redhead.

finch

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