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redpoll

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red⋅poll

  [red-pohl]
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–noun
either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
Origin:
1730–40; red 1 + poll 1
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red·poll   (rěd'pōl')   
n.  Any of several small finches of the genus Carduelis of northern North America and Eurasia, especially C. flammea, having a red crown and black chin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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