carduelis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cardŭēlis, is, f. [carduus],

the thistlefinch , goldfinch : Fringilla carduelis, Linn.; Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116; Petr. 46, 4; cf. Serv. et Prob. Verg. G. 3, 338; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 74.