Definitions for: Finch

[n] any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

Webster (1913) Definition: Finch, n.; pl. Fishes. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink,
OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].

Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.

Bramble finch. See Brambling.

Canary finch, the canary bird.

Copper finch. See Chaffinch.

Diamond finch. See under Diamond.

Finch falcon (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East
Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.

To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.''
--Chaucer.

See Also: brambling, bullfinch, bunting, canary, canary bird, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, Carduelis cannabina, Carduelis carduelis, Carduelis cucullata, Carduelis flammea, Carduelis hornemanni, Carduelis spinus, Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus purpureus, chaffinch, crossbill, family Fringillidae, Fringilla coelebs, Fringilla montifringilla, Fringillidae, goldfinch, grosbeak, grossbeak, Hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper, house finch, junco, linnet, lintwhite, Loxia curvirostra, New world goldfinch, New World sparrow, oscine, oscine bird, pine finch, pine siskin, purple finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, red siskin, redbird, redpoll, Richmondena Cardinalis, serin, siskin, snowbird, Spinus pinus, Spinus tristis, towhee, yellowbird

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