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hawfinch|ˈhɔːfɪnʃ|
[f. haw n.2 + finch.]
The common grosbeak, Coccothraustes vulgaris, a bird about six inches in length, having a large strong beak adapted for breaking the hard seeds and kernels which form its food.
1674Ray Collect. Words, Birds 88. 1759 B. Stillingfl. tr. Biberg's Econ. Nat. in Misc. Tracts (1762) 66 The cross-bill that lives on the fir-cones, and the hawfinch that feeds on the pine-cones. 1881Standard 2 Mar. 5 The hawfinch some years ago was as common in Epping Forest as are pigeons in the Guildhall-yard. |