Definition of finch Finch
/fɪˈnʧ/ - [finch] - finch
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NounPlural: finches |
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| 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 and a rosy breast and rump | ||
| new world goldfinch, spinus tristis, goldfinch, 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- finch (Noun)
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. - finch (Verb)
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- finch (n.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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finch
(Fringilla coelebs) A songbird.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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finch
finsh, n. a name applied to many Passerine birds, esp. to those of the genus Fringilla or family Fringillidæ—bullfinch, chaffinch, goldfinch, &c.—adjs. Finch′-backed, Finched, striped or spotted on the back. [A.S. finc; Ger. fink.]
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🔤- finch, noun, singular of finches.
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