finch

finch  (fnch)

n.

Any of various relatively small birds of the family Fringillidae, including the goldfinches, sparrows, cardinals, grosbeaks, and canaries, having a short stout bill adapted for cracking seeds.

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[Middle English, from Old English finc.]

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finch [fɪntʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any songbird of the family Fringillidae, having a short stout bill for feeding on seeds and, in most species, a bright plumage in the male. Common examples are the goldfinch, bullfinch, chaffinch, siskin, and canary

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar or related birds Related adj fringilline

[Old English finc; related to Old High German finko, Middle Dutch vinker, Greek spingos]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs - small European finch with a cheerful song brambling, Fringilla montifringilla - Eurasian finch Carduelis carduelis, goldfinch - small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings Carduelis cannabina, lintwhite, linnet - small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead Carduelis spinus, siskin - small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak Carduelis cucullata, red siskin - South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail Carduelis flammea, redpoll - small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump Carduelis hornemanni, redpoll - small siskin-like finch with a red crown goldfinch, New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird - American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer pine finch, pine siskin, Spinus pinus - small finch of North American coniferous forests Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet - small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch - North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump canary bird, canary - any of several small Old World finches serin - any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe crossbill, Loxia curvirostra - finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed Pyrrhula pyrrhula, bullfinch - common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast junco, snowbird - small North American finch seen chiefly in winter New World sparrow - sparrow-like North American finches bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America grosbeak, grossbeak - any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, redbird, cardinal - crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata - crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico towhee - any of numerous long-tailed American finches Hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper - small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands

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finch noun

Related words
adjective fringilline

Translations

finch [fɪntʃ] N → pinzón m

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finch

n → Fink m

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finch [fɪntʃ] n → fringillide m

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finch [fɪntʃ] n → fringillide m

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finch

n finch [fintʃ]

one of several kinds of small bird a greenfinch. vink شِرشير، عُصْفور غِرّيد сипка pěnkava finke der Fink σπίνος pinzón vint سهره peippolintu pinson פָּרוּש एक तरह की छोटी चि‍ड़िया zeba pinty(őke) sejenis burung parkit finka fringuello アトリ科の小鳥 되새류(콩새, 멋쟁이새 등) kikilis žubīte burung cakar vink finke zięba tentilhão cintezoi зяблик pinka ščinkavec zeba fink นกขนาดเล็กที่มีจะงอยสั้น ispinoz (kuşu) 雀科鳴鳥 зяблик مڑے چونچوں مالی چھوٹی چڑیوں میں سے کوئی chim họ sẻ 雀科鸣鸟, 雀类