| 单词 | field finch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield finch field finch n. rare any of various small finch-like songbirds of open grassland.In quot. 1829: a Mexican bird with dark plumage, perhaps a siskin (genus Carduelis). In quot. 1918: the grassland yellow finch, Sicalis luteola (family Thraupidae) of South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Sicalis field finch1829 seed finch1862 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. Pl. facing p. 304 The Field Finch. Fringilla campestris Pr. Musignano? 1875 ‘Ouida’ Signa I. xii. 266 The cicale buzzed in chorus in the tree-tops, and all the field finches strained in their pretty throats in rivalry. 1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago iv. 58 The field finch does not twitter or chirp and has no break or sudden change in his song. < as lemmas |
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