redpoll : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: redpoll	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for redpoll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redpoll n small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni] small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump Synonym(s): redpoll, Carduelis flammea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {[92]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}).