About The Word Finch
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Finch
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What's The Definition Of Finch?
[n] any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Synonyms | Synonyms for Finch: Related Terms | Find terms related to Finch: See Also | brambling | bullfinch | bunting | canary | canary bird | cardinal | cardinal grosbeak | Cardinalis cardinalis | Carduelis cannabina | Carduelis carduelis | Carduelis cucullata | Carduelis flammea | Carduelis hornemanni | Carduelis spinus | Carpodacus mexicanus | Carpodacus purpureus | chaffinch | crossbill | family Fringillidae | Fringilla coelebs | Fringilla montifringilla | Fringillidae | goldfinch | grosbeak | grossbeak | Hawaiian honeycreeper | honeycreeper | house finch | junco | linnet | lintwhite | Loxia curvirostra | New world goldfinch | New World sparrow | oscine | oscine bird | pine finch | pine siskin | purple finch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | pyrrhuloxia | Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | red siskin | redbird | redpoll | Richmondena Cardinalis | serin | siskin | snowbird | Spinus pinus | Spinus tristis | towhee | yellowbird Finch In Webster's Dictionary \Finch\, n.; pl. {Fishes}. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink,
OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family {Fringillid[ae]}.
Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
{Bramble finch}. See {Brambling}.
{Canary finch}, the canary bird.
{Copper finch}. See {Chaffinch}.
{Diamond finch}. See under {Diamond}.
{Finch falcon} (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East
Indian falcons of the genus {Hierax}.
{To pull a finch}, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.''
--Chaucer.
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