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Fringillidae n. A natural family of birds of the finch group having short conical bills adapted for eating seeds, including finches, goldfinches, bullfinches, chaffinches, siskins, canaries, cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, linnets, and buntings. This family at one time included the sparrows of the family Emberizinae, but has more recently been restricted in usage.

Synonyms: family Fringillidae.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... attractions they may possess. These cases are in some respects more curious than the foregoing, and have been but little noticed. I owe the following facts to Mr. Weir, who has long kept confined birds of many kinds, including all the British Fringillidae and Emberizidae. The facts have been selected from a large body of valuable notes kindly sent me by him. The bullfinch makes his advances in front of the female, and then puffs out his breast, so ...

— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Fringillidae" : Emberizidae, genus Coccothraustes, Loxia, genus Zonotrichia, Passeres, genus Richmondena, genus Carpodacus, Chlorura, genus Junco, genus Pinicola, Spinus, genus Spizella, Coccothraustes, Carduelinae, genus Carduelis, Pipilo, Carpodacus, genus Chlorura, subfamily Carduelinae, genus Serinus, Zonotrichia, Fringilla, Melospiza, Pinicola, Hesperiphona, finch