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SERINUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins

Synonyms:

genus Serinus; Serinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Serinus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Serinus"):

canary; canary bird (any of several small Old World finches)

serin (any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe)

Holonyms ("Serinus" is a member of...):

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)

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