单词 | painted finch |
释义 | > as lemmaspainted finch painted finch n. any of various brightly coloured finches or similar small songbirds, esp. (a) Emblema pictum (family Estrildidae) of central Australia; (b) the painted bunting, Passerina ciris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > other types of painted finch1731 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) > types of painted finch1731 rooibek1867 king rooibekkie1868 shaft-tailed whydah1881 king of six1913 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Passerina > passerina ciris (painted bunting) painted finch1731 nonpareil1755 painted bunting1811 incomparable1889 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Passerina > other types of painted finch1731 lazuli-finch1831 saltator1882 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 431 Fringilla tricolor, the painted Finch..; its Head and Neck are blue; its Back green, and the Belly red. 1842 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) III. Pl. 97 Emblema picta... Painted Finch. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 73 Painted Bunting... [Also called] Painted Finch. 1972 J. Jones Memories Golden Gate (rev. ed.) 8 The birds we trapped and hoped to trap, particularly the tiny beautiful creatures called as a group, painted finches, but the varieties were called ‘black Throats’, ‘double bars’, ‘zebras’, etc. 1996 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 10 Nov. 58 In north Queensland, where it [sc. the Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae] was commonly known as the painted finch, flocks of finches often sat in one tree, making it look like a Christmas tree. < as lemmas |
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