cardueline

American  

[kahr-joo-ee-lin] / ˌkɑr dʒuˈi lɪn /

adjective

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

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noun

1. any bird of the subfamily Carduelinae.

Etymology

Origin of cardueline

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

Example Sentences

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

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

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

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

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

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

Yet, in Leucosticte, a cardueline, and in Calcarius, an emberizine, whose foraging habits are rather similar, the structure is unlike.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.

In the ploceids and cardueline finches this muscle is undivided and resembles in its position, origin, and insertion only the ventral portion of the muscle found in the other birds studied.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.