redpoll

English

Etymology

red +‎ poll

Noun

redpoll (plural redpolls)

1. Any of various finches in the genus Acanthis (syn. Carduelis), which have characteristic red markings on their heads.
2. (obsolete) A redhead.

Derived terms

• Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
• common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
• Greenland redpoll (Acanthis flammea rostrata)
• hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
• Icelandic redpoll (Acanthis flammea islandica)
• lesser redpoll (Acanthis flammea caberet or Acanthis cabaret)

Translations

finch

• Bulgarian: брезова скатия f (brezova skatija)
• Czech: čečetka
• Dutch: barmsijs f
• Finnish: urpiainen (fi)
• Greenlandic: orpimmiutaq, orpimmiutaq qaqorneq (Arctic redpoll)
• Hungarian: zsezse (hu)
• Italian: organetto (it) m
• Polish: czeczotka (pl) f
• Romanian: inăriță (ro) f, țintar (ro) m
• Russian: чечётка (ru) f (čečótka)
• Swedish: gråsiska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: чечі́тка f (čečítka)

red haired woman

References

• redpoll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acanthis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acanthis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• prolled