fringilla

IPA: frˈɪndʒɪɫʌ

Root Word: Fringilla

The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae.

Examples of "fringilla" in Sentences

Nam vel nulla ac orci vestibulum mattis fringilla sit amet lectus.
Vivamus dignissim, enim at volutpat fringilla, quam tortor dapibus libero, sed ullamcorper metus leo a sapien.
The towee bird (fringilla erythrophthalma) are very numerous, as are a species of bluish grey butcher bird (lanius.)
After I had studied over the latter for a time, I remarked that every species almost that came from distant regions, such as South America, the coast of Guinea, etc., were thick-billed birds of the _loxia_ and _fringilla_ genera; and no