One or other of the finches; esp. the chaffinch.

A very common British bird, Fringilla cælebs, with pretty plumage and pleasant short song.

The chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs.

The chaffinch.

A small bird, ? a chaffinch.

a bird that feeds on wheat, esp. the chaffinch; also, in North America, the horned lark, Eremophila alpestris.

The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. Cf. pied finch n. (a) at pied, adj.1 n.compounds 1b.

A north-country name for the chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs.

local name of the Chaffinch.

English regional. The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, which has a characteristic double call (cf. sense A. 2). Cf. spink, n.1 1.

A local name for the chaffinch.

English regional (midlands) and Irish English. The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, which has conspicuous white wing bars. Now rare.

= spink, n.1 1.