Finch
[fɪn(t)ʃ] or [fɪntʃ]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
Checker: Ophelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.
Checker: Marsha
Definition
n. a name applied to many Passerine birds esp. to those of the genus Fringilla or family Fringillid—bullfinch chaffinch goldfinch &c.—adjs. Finch′-backed Finched striped or spotted on the back.
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Examples
- Which he was, as a Finch. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But here I anticipate a little, for I was not a Finch, and could not be, according to the sacred laws of the society, until I came of age. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There were thirteen species of finches, all peculiar to the archi pelago. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No, said I, I had quite enough of the Finches the last time I was there. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Whether it was possible in a Christian country to get on without blood, after this, was a question on which the Finches were divided. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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