Definition of Acanthis

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acanthis
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small song-bird (thistle/gold finch L+S); groundsel (plant Senecio vulgaris)

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Ornitho-Birds
Acanthis
REDPOLL


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Acanthis
Acanthis (not to be confused with Acanthus) may be:
  • Acanthis (genus), genus of bird, made up of the Redpoll
  • Acanthis (mythology), figure in Greek mythology
  • Acanthis, a lena, or pro­curess, who did all she could to depreciate Propertius and his poems with Cynthia, on account of his want of wealth, and to whom the fifth elegy of his fourth book is addressed.

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