hawfinchn.
/ˈhɔːfɪnʃ/ 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.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Cardinalis
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1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 88 The Haw-finch. Coccothraustes.
1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 54 The cross-bill that lives on the fir-cones, and the hawfinch that feeds on the pine-cones.
1881 Standard 2 Mar. 5 The hawfinch some years ago was as common in Epping Forest as are pigeons in the Guildhall-yard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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