Word Meanings - FRINGILLINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
FAMILY
A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
CHARACTERISTICALLY
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
CHARACTERISTICAL
Characteristic.
SUBFAMILY
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
SUPERFAMILY
A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach