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"cardinals" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often redbirds (8 letters).
Definitions
Red birds; also high-ranking Catholic church officials.
Used in a sentence
“The Cardinals take the field.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Red birds”9 letters
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