fringilla (also frigilla and frin-guilla), ae, f.,
a small bird , perh. the robin redbreast , Motacilla rubecula, Linn.; acc. to others, the chaffinch , Fringilla coelebs, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 7, § 104; Mart. 9, 55, 7; Paul. ex Fest. p. 90 Müll.
·adj A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows an...
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