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chaffinch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chaffinch has 1 sense
- chaffinch(n = noun.animal) fringilla coelebs - small European finch with a cheerful song; Array is a kind of finch
is a member of fringilla, genus fringilla
CIDE DICTIONARY
chaffinch, n. [Cf. Chiff-chaff.].
A bird of Europe (Fringilla cœlebs ), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chaffinch, n. Brit. a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, the male of which has a blue-grey head with pinkish cheeks.
Etymology
OE ceaffinc: see CHAFF, FINCH
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