genus carpodacus

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   house finches and purple finches

   SynonymsCarpodacus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofFringillidae

Questions about genus carpodacus

What does genus carpodacus mean?

genus carpodacus means "house finches and purple finches".

What is another word for genus carpodacus?

Close synonyms include Carpodacus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus carpodacus a common word?

genus carpodacus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.