Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male.
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Examples for "cardinal"
Examples for "cardinal"
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Yes, I know those are cardinal sins as far as you're concerned.
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The episode made budget secrecy a cardinal principle of British political life.
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You want a title; I want money; the cardinal wants our help.
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The cardinal had said, 'I should think you'll know by his face.'
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September 1530: the cardinal leaves Southwell, travelling by easy stages to York.
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An' Maria 'ud cry her eyes out if you'd a-hit the redbird.
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It must be something very rude, the redbird's bearing makes me think so.
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An' if I'd a-been a hen redbird I wouldn't a-been so long comin'.
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And all the while the redbird whistles in the shrubbery.
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And there's the admiral, our redbird, and Bessie, the parrot.
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The cardinal grosbeak, or Virginia redbird, is quite common in the same localities, though more inclined to seek the woods.
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Now and then, among the gray and brown tints, there was a dash of scarlet,-thecardinal grosbeak, whose presence was sufficient to enliven any scene.
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Only the more hardy remain to enjoy the grandeur of the winter ocean like the chickadees and cardinal grosbeaks that enliven our winter woods.
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Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal, ( Cardinalis cardinalis).