Synonyms:
goldfinch, Carduelis_carduelis
Meaning: small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Synonyms:
New_World_goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus_tristis
Meaning: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
Usage examples
The words mattered more than the air. For here we had before us not a small sweet singer, a goldfinch in a cage, but a cock--a fighting cock with well-trimmed comb and tail and a pair of sharp spurs to its feet.