HyperDic: purple_finch

English > 1 sense of the expression *purple finch*:
NOUN	animal	purple finch, Carpodacus purpureus	North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

English > *purple finch*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump.
Synonym	Carpodacus purpureus
Member of	Carpodacus, genus Carpodacus	house finches and purple finches
Broader	finch	Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds