Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male.
The male is bright red with black wings and tail.
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Examples for "cardinal "
Examples for "cardinal "
1 Yes, I know those are cardinal sins as far as you're concerned.
2 The episode made budget secrecy a cardinal principle of British political life.
3 You want a title; I want money; the cardinal wants our help.
4 The cardinal had said, 'I should think you'll know by his face.'
5 September 1530: the cardinal leaves Southwell, travelling by easy stages to York.
1 The cardinal grosbeak , or Virginia redbird, is quite common in the same localities, though more inclined to seek the woods.
2 Now and then, among the gray and brown tints, there was a dash of scarlet , - the cardinal grosbeak , whose presence was sufficient to enliven any scene.
3 Only the more hardy remain to enjoy the grandeur of the winter ocean like the chickadees and cardinal grosbeaks that enliven our winter woods.
1 Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal, ( Cardinalis cardinalis ) .
1 An' Maria 'ud cry her eyes out if you'd a-hit the redbird .
2 It must be something very rude, the redbird 's bearing makes me think so.
3 An' if I'd a-been a hen redbird I wouldn't a-been so long comin'.
4 And all the while the redbird whistles in the shrubbery.
5 And there's the admiral, our redbird , and Bessie, the parrot.
6 It was a redbird , smashing itself against the glass and chirping an awful call.
7 Biggest reddest redbird I ever saw; an' jest a master hand at king's English!
8 She stared at the eye of the redbird and it stared right back at her.
9 Rachel got within twenty yards when Wimpy and the redbird turned and looked at her.
10 The redbird is singing in the tree, his plumage all the brighter for the winter's bleaching.
11 Can I believe that the squirrel and the redbird love me, when they flee from me?
12 One night he said to his wife: Maria, have you been noticin' the redbird of late?
13 He was the biggest, most aggressive redbird in the Limberlost, and easily reigned king of his kind.
14 In fact, the book said cicadas did not consume a thing, but here was the redbird , eaten alive.
15 In their hair they braided eagle plumes, hawk wings, or the brilliant plumage of the tanager and redbird .
16 When she got within a few feet, the redbird shot from its perch and disappeared into the woods.
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