cardinal cardinal grosbeak Richmondena Cardinalis Cardinalis cardinalis redbird | crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male |
woodpecker peckerwood pecker | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
green woodpecker Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
downy woodpecker | small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
redheaded woodpecker redhead Melanerpes erythrocephalus | black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck |
cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi | small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia |
cardinal virtue | one of the seven preeminent virtues |
cardinal carmine | a variable color averaging a vivid red |
cardinal vein | any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates |
anterior cardinal vein | a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body |
posterior cardinal vein | a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body |
common cardinal vein | the major return channels to the heart, formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins |
cardinal | (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes |
Bellarmine Bellarmino Cardinal Bellarmine Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine | Italian cardinal and theologian (-) |
Newman John Henry Newman Cardinal Newman | English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement, Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (-) |
Richelieu Duc de Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu | French prelate and statesman, principal minister to Louis XIII (-) |
cardinal flower Indian pink Lobelia cardinalis | North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers |
great lobelia blue cardinal flower Lobelia siphilitica | tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers |
cardinal number cardinal | the number of elements in a mathematical set, denotes a quantity but not the order |
cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points |
cardinal central fundamental key primal | serving as an essential component, a cardinal rule, the central cause of the problem, an example that was fundamental to the argument, computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure |
cardinal | being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order, cardinal numbers |