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finch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun finch has 1 sense
- finch(n = noun.animal) - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds; is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
is a member of family fringillidae, fringillidae
has particulars: chaffinch, fringilla coelebs, brambling, fringilla montifringilla, carduelis carduelis, goldfinch, carduelis cannabina, linnet, lintwhite, carduelis spinus, siskin, carduelis cucullata, red siskin, carduelis flammea, redpoll, carduelis hornemanni, redpoll, goldfinch, new world goldfinch, spinus tristis, yellowbird, pine finch, pine siskin, spinus pinus, carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet, carpodacus purpureus, purple finch, canary, canary bird, serin, crossbill, loxia curvirostra, bullfinch, pyrrhula pyrrhula, junco, snowbird, new world sparrow, bunting, grosbeak, grossbeak, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, richmondena cardinalis, pyrrhuloxia, pyrrhuloxia sinuata, towhee, hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper
CIDE DICTIONARY
finch, n. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.].
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ . [1913 Webster]
" The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
finch, n. any small seed-eating passerine bird of the family Fringillidae (esp. one of the genus Fringilla), including crossbills, canaries, and chaffinches.
Etymology
OE finc f. WG
ROGET THESAURUS
finch
Animal
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