Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Fringillidae .
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Hesperiphona vespertina might even be called a double binomial, because it says it twice -- western sound (song)/at eventide.
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When it appears in England (and it has been seen in Norway) the French get to call it the gros-bec errant, but the name known throughout the world remains Hesperiphona vespertina.
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