Redpoll

2 definitions found

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

  Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
         the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {Aegiothus}), native of
         Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
         rosy. The male of the most common species ({Acanthis
         linarius}) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also


         {redpoll linnet}. See Illust. under {Linnet}.
     (b) The common European linnet.
     (c) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum}).
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redpoll
       n 1: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: {Carduelis
            hornemanni}]
       2: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: {Carduelis
          flammea}]