fringilline

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English

Adjective

fringilline (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches.

Noun

fringilline (plural fringillines)

  1. Any finch of the family Fringillidae, a fringillid
  2. Any finch of the fringillid subfamily Fringillinae

Usage notes

According to the normal method of forming taxonomy-based common names in English, this should only refer to the subfamily.

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