finch
IPA: fˈɪntʃ
noun
- Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
- Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
- A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
verb
- To hunt for finches, to go finching.
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Examples of "finch" in Sentences
- Finches are in the forest.
- In the book, it talks about a finch.
- I learned about finches in the book.
- In this area, there are a lot of finches.
- I was fascinated by the bird in finch family.
- The crossbills are birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
- The rosefinches are birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
- This bird is considered one of the smallest of the finches.
- All of the express routes connect to the Finch Bus Terminal.
- The mangrove finch is part of the family Emberizidae or the passerine family.
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