Carpodacus mexicanus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Carpodacus mexicanus
    n 1: small finch originally of the western United States and
         Mexico [syn: {house finch}, {linnet}, {Carpodacus
         mexicanus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
   a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
   mexicanus}) and purple finch ({Carpodacus purpurea}).

   Syn: genus {Carpodacus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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