carpodacus

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An extensive genus of beautiful oscine passerine birds, of the family Fringillidæ; the purple finches or purple bull-finches, species of which are found in both hemispheres.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun a genus of birds including the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun house finches and purple finches