carpodacus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Carpodacus
    n 1: house finches and purple finches [syn: {Carpodacus}, {genus
         Carpodacus}]

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]