thistle-finchn.
Any one of several species of finches which feed on the seeds of the thistle; spec. the goldfinch, Carduelis elegans.
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fincha700
spinkc1425
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
grosbeak1678
fringillide1853
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
spinkie1911
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch)
goldfincheOE
goldspinka1522
carduel?1530
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
fool's coata1682
grey pate1728
tailor-warbler1783
redcap1785
sheriff's man1796
goldie?1800
King Harry1824
sweet-william1848
tailor1848
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 48 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks The singing thistle~finch.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 256 The Goldfinch, or Thistle-finch.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ iii. at Aēdon She is feigned to have died for grief, and to be turned into a linnet, or thistlefinch.
1852 W. J. Broderip Leaves Note Bk. of Naturalist 230 The goldfinch or thistlefinch passes much of its time among flowers.
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