Finch definition
Any of various birds of the family Fringillidae, including the goldfinches, siskins, and canaries, having a short stout bill used for cracking seeds.
noun
Any of various birds of the families Cardinalidae and Emberizidae, including the sparrows, cardinals, and grosbeaks, having a similar bill.
noun
Any of various small, short-beaked, seed-eating passerine birds (esp. family Fringillidae), including redpolls, canaries, crossbills, goldfinches, and chaffinches.
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Noun
Singular:
finch
Plural:
finchesOrigin of finch
- Middle English from Old English finc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition