Definitions for cardueline

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cardueline car·du·e·line

Spelling: [kahr-joo-ee-lin]

IPA: /ˌkɑr dʒuˈi lɪn/

Cardueline is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 827 anagrams from letters in cardueline (acdeeilnru).

Definitions for cardueline

adjective

1. of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.

noun

1. any bird of the subfamily Carduelinae.

Origin of cardueline

New Latin Carduelinae, equivalent to Carduel(is) genus name (Latin: goldfinch, derivative of carduus thistle) + -inae -inae

Examples for cardueline

Only the ploceids and the cardueline finches in the present investigation fail to show such a division.

The muscle does not seem to be so well developed in the cardueline finches as it is in the other species.

He states further that the cardueline finches arise without disjunction from the tanagers.