goldfinch
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- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪntʃ/
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- A male goldfinch shows off its bright yellow feathers as it flits between the flowers in the garden.
- the American goldfinch
Examples
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That's a male goldfinch.
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I heard a yellow warbler, a house wren, a red-eyed vireo; stray notes of goldfinch.
Fiction book (1991) -
Neighbors pull a wooden panel from the rubble... and on the panel is painted a goldfinch.
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But my father was thinking of a goldfinch he'd bought when he was first married, how the smell of fresh linen had made the bird sing whenever my mother brought clothes in from the line.
Fiction book (1994) -
The goldfinch cannot reproduce until the thistle blooms in late August.
Fiction book (1994) -
A traditional symbol of Christ's Passion, the goldfinch infuses the boys' meeting with the promise of their adult fates.
Academic text (2008) -
To Jeremy, they were instantly distinguishable from the other two goldfinch pairs that frequented the feeder because they were slightly larger, their plumage a little more brilliant, and their black markings more distinct; perhaps they were more mature.
Fiction book (1997) -
During spring, the goldfinch sings beautifully while searching for seeds in the trees.
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At the nature reserve, we spotted a goldfinch resting on a branch, its colors vibrant against the green leaves.
Compounds
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goldfinch is simply gold + finch, which means 'gold' and 'small songbird', so the name points to the bird's bright yellow, gold-like feathers.