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chaffinch

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chaf·finch  (chfnch)
n.
A small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs), the male of which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage.
[Middle English chaffinche, from Old English ceaffinc : ceaf, chaff, husk + finc, finch.]
chaffinch [ˈtʃæfɪntʃ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chaffinch - small European finch with a cheerful songchaffinch - small European finch with a cheerful song
Fringilla coelebs
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Fringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
Translations
chaffinch [ˈtʃæfɪntʃ] N → pinzón m (vulgar)
chaffinch [ˈtʃæfɪntʃ] n → pinson m
chaffinch
n → Buchfink m
chaffinch [ˈtʃæfɪntʃ] n → fringuello
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The saddest part of it was that the poor little chaffinch fluttered about the bushes, looking so reproachfully at us that we knew she thought we had done it, and though David tried to explain to her, it was so long since he had spoken the bird language that I fear she did not understand.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Much as I know'd the birds' names in the hedges to be chaffinch, sparrer, thrush.
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He received thirty sous per day, and for a month he returned to his lodgings gay as a chaffinch, and affable toward his master.
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