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finch

  • noun
  • /fɪnt͡ʃ/

Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).

Other meanings

  1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

  2. Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

Word history

From Old English "finċ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “finch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.