Cardinal

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Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to

  • Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
    • Cardinalis, genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
      • Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, the common cardinal of eastern North America
      • Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, Cardinalis sinuatus, found in southwest North America
      • Vermilion cardinal, Cardinalis phoeniceus, found in Colombia and Venezuela
  • Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church
    • Member of the College of Cardinals
  • Cardinal Health, a health care services company
  • Cardinal number
    • Large cardinal
  • Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west
  • Cardinal (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series
  • Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team
  • St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team

Cardinal or The Cardinal may also refer to:

Animals

Birds

  • Paroaria, a South American genus of birds in the family Thraupidae commonly called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers
  • Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata a South American bird in the family Thraupidae

Other animals

  • Argynnis pandora, a species of butterfly
  • Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish

Businesses

  • Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Cardinal Technologies, a defunct modem manufacturer (1987—1997

Christianity

  • Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral

Entertainment

Films

  • Cardinals, a 2017 Canadian film
  • The Cardinal, a 1936 British historical drama
  • The Cardinal, a 1963 American film

Games

  • Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop
  • Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff

Music

Groups

  • Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992
  • The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003
  • The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group

Albums

  • Cardinal (Cardinal album), 1994
  • Cardinal (Pinegrove album), 2016

Television

  • "Cardinal" (The Americans), the second episode of the second season of the television series The Americans

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
  • The Cardinal (1641 play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
  • The Cardinal (1901 play), a historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker
  • The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the Sword Art Online series
  • Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in Star Wars: Phasma, a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

Linguistics

Mathematics

Places

Plants

  • Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939
  • Lobelia cardinalis, also known as "cardinal flower"

Sports

Transport

Aircraft

Trains

  • Cardinal (train)
  • The Cardinal (railcar)

Other uses

  • Cardinal (color), a vivid red
  • Cardinal (name), a surname
  • Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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