单词 | purple finch |
释义 | > as lemmaspurple finch purple finch n. U.S. (see quot. 18841).extracted from finchn.purple finch purple finch n. a common North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, the male of which has mainly rose-red plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carpodacus (rose-finch) purple finch1731 house finch1816 rosefinch1840 purple bullfinch1862 scarlet rosefinch1884 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 431 Fringilla purpurea, the purple Finch. 1876 J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine i. 31 Those purple finches..are they not stealing our berries? 2000 Independent 24 Jan. i. 1/1 Outside the window, purple finches..and bright red cardinals peck at the seed he has set out. < as lemmas |
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