chaffinch
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chaf·finch
(chăf′ĭnch)n.
A small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs) having reddish-brown plumage and a blue-gray cap in the male.
[Middle English chaffinche, from Old English ceaffinc : ceaf, chaff, husk + finc, finch.]
chaffinch
(ˈtʃæfɪntʃ)n
(Animals) a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head
[Old English ceaffinc, from ceaf chaff1 + finc finch]
chaf•finch
(ˈtʃæf ɪntʃ)n.
a common Eurasian finch, Fringilla coelebs, often kept as a pet.
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| Noun | 1. |  chaffinch - small European finch with a cheerful songfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds Fringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling |