genus fringilla

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   type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

   SynonymsFringilla

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofFringillidae

Questions about genus fringilla

What does genus fringilla mean?

genus fringilla means "type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling".

What is another word for genus fringilla?

Close synonyms include Fringilla. 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 fringilla a common word?

genus fringilla 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.