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house finch
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house finch
n.
See linnet.
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Noun1.house finchhouse finch - small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
Carpodacus mexicanus, linnet
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Carpodacus, genus Carpodacus - house finches and purple finches


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