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fringillid

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frin⋅gil⋅lid

[frin-jil-id]
–adjective
1. Also, frin⋅gil⋅line [frin-jil-ahyn, -in] belonging or pertaining to the family Fringillidae, comprising the finches and related birds.
–noun
2. a fringillid bird.

Origin:
1850–55; < NL Fringillidae name of family, equiv. to L fringill(a) chaffinch + -idae -id 2
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