Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redpoll"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {[AE]giothus}), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species ({A. linarius})
has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also {redpoll
linnet}. See Illust. under {Linnet}.
(b) The common European linnet.
(c) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redpoll
n 1: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: {Carduelis
hornemanni}]
2: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: {Carduelis
flammea}]
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