English > finch: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds. |
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| Member of | Fringillidae, family Fringillidae | finches |
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| Narrower | New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis | American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer |
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| New World sparrow | Sparrow-like North American finches |
| brambling, Fringilla montifringilla | Eurasian finch |
| bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast |
| bunting | Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America |
| canary, canary bird | Any of several small Old World finches |
| cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird | crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male |
| chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs | small European finch with a cheerful song |
| crossbill, Loxia curvirostra | finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed |
| goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis | small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings |
| grosbeak, grossbeak | Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill |
| honeycreeper, Hawaiian honeycreeper | small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands |
| house finch, linnet, Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally / originally of the western United States and Mexico |
| junco, snowbird | small North American finch seen chiefly in winter |
| linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina | small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead |
| pine siskin, pine finch, Spinus pinus | small finch of North American coniferous forests |
| purple finch, Carpodacus purpureus | North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump |
| pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico |
| red siskin, Carduelis cucullata | South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail |
| redpoll, Carduelis flammea | small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump |
| redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni | small siskin-like finch with a red crown |
| serin | Any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe |
| siskin, Carduelis spinus | small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak |
| towhee | Any of numerous long-tailed American finches |
| Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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| Spanish | fringillidae, pinzón |
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| Catalan | fringíl·lid, pinsà |
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