Translingual

Proper noun

Spinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – some siskins.

Usage notes

• Often treated as a subgenus of Carduelis, Carduelis subg. Spinus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Fringillidae - family; Carduelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Spinus spinus - type species; Spinus atrata, Spinus atriceps, Spinus barbata, Spinus crassirostris, Spinus cucullata, Spinus dominicensis, Spinus lawrencei, Spinus magellanica, Spinus notata, Spinus olivacea, Spinus pinus, Spinus psaltria, Spinus siemiradzkii, Spinus spinescens, Spinus thibetana, Spinus tristis, Spinus uropygialis, Spinus xanthogastra, Spinus yarrellii - other species

Latin

Noun

spīnus f ‎(variously declined, genitive spīnī or spīnūs); second declension, fourth declension

1. thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree

Declension

Descendants

References

• spinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.