[syn: redpoll, Carduelis flammea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species (Acanthis
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).
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
redpoll
n 1: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: redpoll,
Carduelis hornemanni]
2: small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast
and rump [syn: redpoll, Carduelis flammea]