Fringilla

2 definitions found

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

  Fringilla \Frin*gil"la\, a. [NL., fr. L. fringilla a chaffinch.]
     (Zool.)
     A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It
     formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now
     restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch
     and brambling.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Fringilla
       n : type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling [syn: {genus
           Fringilla}]