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car·di·nal
 cardinal
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- pronunciation:
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| definition 1: |
A cardinal is a bird that is native to North America. It is easy to recognize a male cardinal because it has bright red feathers and a kind of black mask around its beak. The adult female cardinal is brown and olive green with bits of red showing through. Cardinals can often be seen in the winter in places where it's cold.
The cardinal looked so bright and pretty sitting on the snowy branch.
- similar words:
- bird, songbird
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A cardinal is a priest of very high rank in the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's rank is just below the Pope's. There is only one Pope, though, and a good number of cardinals.
A cardinal often wears bright red clothing.- similar words:
- bishop, priest
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| derivations: |
cardinally (adv.), cardinalship (n.) |
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