finch
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1.6
- noun
- /fɪntʃ/
:
pinzón
- As they spread across the continent, house finches faced an array of diverse new climates and habitats.
- zebra finches
- a house finch
- female finches
This is a photograph of a Gouldian Finch chick.
- This is a photograph of a Gouldian Finch chick.
- All of these animals, right, including the zebra Finch, can all have virgin birth, basically.
- And Wham, this little Finch slammed into the window and fell down onto the bricks, dead.
- He saw a charm of finches, an unkindness of Ravens, a parliament of owls, an exaltation of larks, a leap of leopards.
- There are birds, zebra finches, where there's highly sexually dimorphic behavior.
Examples
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I tried that a couple of times, with finches, and they always died.
Fiction book (1991) -
Exemplars of rapid adaptation, house finches show that mothers know best.
Academic text (2002) -
I painted a gold finch this week.
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OK, my next one, more saffron Finch, which I like.
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This is a photograph of a Gouldian Finch chick.
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If exposed to the pathogen, the finches in the western population would be highly vulnerable.
Academic text (2002) -
However, when I considered the distributions of all those finch species simultaneously, a striking pattern emerged.
Academic text (1990) -
I have to say it's a little fancy, but this is a male and a female of each of the species of finches from the Galapagos.
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Like Darwin's finches, we are slowly adapting to our environment.
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I saw a bright yellow finch perched on the tree outside my window.
Synonyms
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1.0
A warm-blooded animal with feathers, wings, and a beak that usually flies
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7.9
A small bird often named by children
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2.3
A small bird, like a canary, that makes pleasant musical sounds
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2.1
A small bright yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
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6.8
A small North American bird with brown or gray feathers and red on the male's head and breast
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1.3
A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
1
5.6
A small Australian songbird with black and white stripes often kept as a pet
1
8.6
A small bird in Europe with black and white feathers and a bright red breast
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9.9
A small songbird like a chaffinch that sings cheerfully
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9.6
A small bird people talk about to children
A small Australian finch with black-and-white markings like a zebra
A small yellow and black bird with a thin pointed beak that eats seeds
A small finch that lives in pine forests and eats seeds
A small bird from Indonesia that lives in rice fields and is often kept as a pet
A small African or Asian bird that makes complex nests from grass and twigs and lives in groups
A small bird like a finch with a thick pink beak and black head that lives in rice fields
A small North American songbird with deep blue feathers
Compounds
- US
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6.8
A small North American bird with brown or gray feathers and red on the male's head and breast
- Australian
1
5.6
A small Australian songbird with black and white stripes often kept as a pet
- Specialized
A small North American bird with males that have red heads and females with brown streaks
A small African or Asian bird that makes complex nests from grass and twigs and lives in groups
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Finch goes back to an old German word finc and is still like German Fink and Dutch vink, all names for the same 'small songbird'. That's why finch still means the little, seed-eating bird with a short, strong beak.