Carpodacus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
     a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
     mexicanus}) and purple finch ({Carpodacus purpurea}).
  
     Syn: genus {Carpodacus}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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