genus carpodacus

English Thesaurus

1. house finches and purple finches (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet,
definition	:	small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	carpodacus purpureus, purple finch,
definition	:	North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump (noun.animal)

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