Definition of "fringilla" [‖Frin•gil•la]

• A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling. (adjective)

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• "Nam vel nulla ac orci vestibulum mattis fringilla sit amet lectus."
• "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"