finch
Appearance
See also: Finch
English
[edit]Etymology
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From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]finch (plural finches)
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]- Abert's finch (Pipilo aberti)
- Baltimore finch
- Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata domestica)
- blue finch (Porphyrospiza caerulescens)
- bramble finch (Fringilla montifringilla)
- brambling finch
- bullfinch (Pyrrhula spp.)
- canary finch (Serinus spp.)
- Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
- chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- cherry finch (Coccothraustes vulgaris)
- citril finch (Carduelis citrinella)
- Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inomata)
- cold-finch
- copper finch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Corsican finch (Carduelis corsicana)
- crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus)
- crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)
- crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys spp.)
- cuckoo-finch (Anomalospiza imberbis)
- cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata)
- Darwin's finch (Geospizinae spp.)
- desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
- double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
- estrilid finch (Estrildidae spp.)
- European finch (Chloris spp.)
- fallow finch (Saxicola oenanthe)
- fire finch (Pyromelana spp., Euplectes spp.)
- Galapagos finch (Geospizinae spp.)
- goldfinch (Carduelis spp., Spinus spp.)
- gold-naped finch, golden-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
- Gough finch (Rowetha goughensis)
- Gouldian finch, Gould's finch, Lady Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
- greenfinch (Chloris spp.)
- ground finch
- hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- house finch
- koa finch
- masked finch (Poephila personata)
- melba finch
- mountain finch (Leucosticte spp.; Fringilla montifringilla)
- oriole finch (Linurgus olivaceus)
- owl finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
- painted finch
- purple finch
- rainbow finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
- red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis)
- rosefinch (Carpodacus spp.)
- rosy finch (Leucosticte spp.)
- scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi)
- sharp-beaked ground finch
- society finch (Lonchura striata domestica)
- spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni)
- star finch
- trumpeter finch Bucanetes githagineus)
- vampire ground finch
- warbler-finch
- weaver finch (Ploceidae spp.)
- yellow-rumped finch
- zebra finch
Translations
[edit]any bird of the family Fringillidae
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See also
[edit]- aberdevine
- amadavat
- avadavat
- brambling
- canary
- crossbill (Loxia spp.)
- euphonia
- redpoll (Acanthis spp.)
- serin
- siskin
Verb
[edit]finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)
- To hunt for finches, to go finching.
References
[edit]- finch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “finch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “finch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]finch
- Alternative form of fynch
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