Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of cardinal-birds, or cardinal grosbeaks, of the family Fringillidæ, having red as the chief color. The bill is stout, conical, and red, the wings are very short and rounded, and the tail is rounded and longer than the wings. It includes several species of the warmer parts of America.
- noun [lowercase] In brachiopods, a muscle which opens the shell.
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Examples
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* A northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), to be exact, although as far as I can tell there is no bird called the southern cardinal.
Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009
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*A northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis, to be exact, although as far as I can tell there is no bird called the southern cardinal.
A curious cardinal AYDIN 2009
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Three years ago a male northern cardinal, or Cardinalis cardinalis, began hurling himself against the windows of our solar home.
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See Lotharii cardinalis (Innocentii III) De miseria humane conditionis, ed. Michele Maccarone (Lugano, 1955) 1. 1-7, pp. 7-14. back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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The little red demon, Cardinalis cardinalis, fluttered to earth.
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If you're wondering... they're young Northern Cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis.
Archive 2006-04-01 M-mv 2006
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If you're wondering... they're young Northern Cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis.
On the nightstand (under the pillow, in the knapsack, etc.) M-mv 2006
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A Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis, the familiar “Red Bird” of many easterners, began singing this morning at 6:15 AM from the shrubbery beside our house.
Frigid Temperatures Don’t Stop Cardinal from Singing John L. Trapp 2002
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A Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis, the familiar “Red Bird” of many easterners, began singing this morning at 6:15 AM from the shrubbery beside our house.
Archive 2002-03-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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And the bright and graceful lobelia cardinalis that loves the neighbourhood of the still waters.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various
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