- grassfinch
- grassfinch grass"finch` n.
Any of several usually brightly-colored Australian
weaverbirds; they are often kept as cage birds.
Syn: grass finch. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
grassfinch
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grassfinch — /ˈgrasfɪntʃ / (say grahsfinch) nounsfinch /ˈgrasfɪntʃ / (say grahsfinch) noun any of numerous finch like birds of the family Passeridae (formerly Ploceidae), living and moving in flocks, widely distributed in Australia, Asia and Africa …
grassfinch — noun usually brightly colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds • Syn: ↑grass finch • Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch • Hyponyms: ↑zebra finch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
grass finch — noun 1. usually brightly colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds • Syn: ↑grassfinch • Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch • Hyponyms: ↑zebra finch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bramble finch — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canary finch — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Copper finch — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Diamond finch — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Finch — (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family {Fringillid[ae]}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Finch falcon — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Finches — Finch Finch (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch [e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
