spinus

English Thesaurus

1. in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	goldfinch, new world goldfinch, spinus tristis, yellowbird,
definition	:	American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	pine finch, pine siskin, spinus pinus,
definition	:	small finch of North American coniferous forests (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family fringillidae, fringillidae,
definition	:	finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings (noun.animal)