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fringiˈllaceous, a. [f. L. fringilla finch + -aceous.] Pertaining to the finches (Webster 1864). frinˈgillide [anglicized sing. form of mod.L. fringillidæ], a bird of the finch family. frinˈgilliform a., [-iform], finch-like (Cent. Dict.). frinˈgilline a., [-ine], of or pertaining to the finches.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xlii. (1856) 390 That familiar little fringillide, the snowbird. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 163 The Lark Bunting is one of the most singularly specialized of all our fringilline forms. 1893W. H. Hudson Idle Days in Patagonia I. 15 The finest voiced of all the fringilline birds. |