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finch Definition

finch (finc̸h)

noun

any of various small, short-beaked, seed-eating passerine birds (esp. family Fringillidae), including redpolls, canaries, crossbills, goldfinches, and chaffinches

Etymology: ME < OE finc, akin to Ger fink < IE echoic base *(s)pingo-, chirping bird > Welsh pink, Gr spingos, finch

finch Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: We hardly saw any finches at Holmes Jungle or passerines of any type at Knuckey Lagoons.
  • breed: In the breeding season, many beginners start off by breeding Bengalese Finches on a colony basis.
  • include: There are sections on eight different types of bird, including Darwins finches.
  • have: Well, a couple of years ago, i wrote a letter that i never sent, and the stamp had finches on it.
  • seed-eating: The seed heads remain through the winter, the seeds providing food for the seed-eating finches during the winter.

Preposition: on

  • island: The finches on the islands interested him even more.

Adjective modifier

  • Bengalese: Bengalese Finches lay between three to eight eggs in each clutch with an average of five.
  • Australian: Australian finches are very engaging little birds which can provide many hours of enjoyment.
  • female: Are female zebra finches, when choosing a mate, influenced by the color bands on the legs of the males.
  • green: The Red faced Parrot Finch is a little green finch with a red face and a very popular finch in a mixed collection.
  • small: A single small finch flying over which might have been one!
  • few: A few more finches are flying around, some dropping into the dense scrub beneath us, presumably to roost.

Modifies a noun

  • specie: Geospiza fortis lives on the Galapagos islands along with fourteen other finch species.
  • family: Finch Fountain has 17 different sets of the finch family, including finches, weavers and whydahs.
  • seed: Is the best way to feed your own finch seed mix to suit your own birds ' tastes?

Noun used with modifier

  • zebra: The zebra finches have produced a number of chicks adding to their number.
  • trumpeter: Trumpeter Finches were much in evidence, drinking from a dripping tap next to the path in the Valley of the Queens.
  • gold: Dragonfly Flight Times Pretty young Gold finches were in the bushes on the railroad track south of Old Shoreham.
  • snow: I got out of the car and walked toward the damp area; about 15 white-winged snow finches flew away.
  • winter: Most of the winter finches were not to be seen.