- finch as a noun:
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finch
noun
1 finch
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation. beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb creature; zoophyte. [major divisions of animals] mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe. [microscopic animals] microbe, animalcule etc. 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur (extinct); snake, serpent, viper, eft; asp, aspick†. [amphibians] frog, toad. [fishes] trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel. [insects] ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee. [arthropods] tardigrade, spider. [classification by number of feet] biped, quadruped; [web-footed animal] webfoot. flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae [Lat.]; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock†, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe. [domesticated mammals] horse etc. (beast of burden) 271; cattle, kine†, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin†; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot†; tag, teg†; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. [dogs] dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. [cats--generally] feline, puss, pussy; grimalkin†; gib cat, tom cat. [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar†. [birds] bird; poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet†, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl; feathered tribes, feathered songster; singing bird, dicky bird; canary, warbler; finch; aberdevine†, cushat†, cygnet, ringdove†, siskin, swan, wood pigeon. [undesirable animals] vermin, varmint [U.S.], pest. ... show more
is a specific kind of: oscine, oscine bird.
is a broader term that covers: chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs | brambling, Fringilla montifringilla | Carduelis carduelis, goldfinch | Carduelis cannabina, linnet, lintwhite | Carduelis spinus, siskin | Carduelis cucullata, red siskin | Carduelis flammea, redpoll | Carduelis hornemanni, redpoll | goldfinch, New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird | pine finch, pine siskin, Spinus pinus | Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet | Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch | canary, canary bird | serin | crossbill, Loxia curvirostra | bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula | junco, snowbird | New World sparrow | bunting | grosbeak, grossbeak | cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, Richmondena Cardinalis | pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | towhee | Hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper ... show more.
is a member of: family Fringillidae, Fringillidae.
Dutch: vink
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