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name
A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
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name
A community and former township in North Stormont, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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noun
Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
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noun
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
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noun
Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
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noun
A woman.
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Usage: UK, dated, slang
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verb
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
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noun
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina, siskin, Carduelis spinus, red siskin, Carduelis cucullata, redpoll, Carduelis flammea, Carduelis hornemanni, New World goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis, pine siskin, pine finch, Spinus pinus, house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, purple finch, Carpodacus purpureus, canary, canary bird, serin, crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, junco, snowbird, New World sparrow, bunting, grosbeak, grossbeak, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, towhee, honeycreeper, Hawaiian honeycreeper
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
Across languages
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