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Definition of Fringilla

Fringilla
Fringilla Frin*gil"la, a. [NL., fr. L. fringilla a chaffinch.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.

Meaning of Fringilla from wikipedia

- genus Fringilla is a small group of eight species of finches from the Old World. It is the only genus in the subfamily Fringillinae. The genus Fringilla was...
- The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small p****erine bird in the finch family...
- his Systema Naturae published in 1758. He introduced the binomial name, Fringilla carduelis. Carduelis is the Latin word for 'goldfinch'. The European goldfinch...
- type specimen collected in Sweden, with the name Fringilla domestica. Later, the genus name Fringilla came to be used only for the common chaffinch and...
- genus Fringilla and may refer to: Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) Azores chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti)...
- The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the **** o' the north and...
- The Madeira chaffinch (Fringilla maderensis) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the...
- sparrow was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 Systema Naturae as Fringilla montana, but, along with the house sparrow, it was soon moved from the...
- The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys), is a species of p****erine bird in the genus Fringilla. This species can be found in southwestern Morocco...
- Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Fringilla hyemalis. The description consisted merely of the laconic remark "F[ringilla]...