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cardueline

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car⋅du⋅e⋅line

  [kahr-joo-ee-lin]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
–noun
2. any bird of the subfamily Carduelinae.
Origin:
< NL Carduelinae, equiv. to Carduel(is) genus name (L: goldfinch, deriv. of carduus thistle) + -inae -inae
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