Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to. Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church. Member of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal number in mathematics. Large cardinal. Cardinal direction, one of the primary directions: north, south, east, and west. Cardinal or The Cardinal may also refer to: Animals. Birds. 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.
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