vinkn.
/vɪŋk/, /fɪŋk/, U.S. /vɪŋk/, /fɪŋk/, South African English /fɪŋk/ South African.
= fink n.1
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver)
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1834 A. Smith Diary 9 Dec. (1939) I. 168 Red vink and Caffer fink common along the streams.
1913 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been (new ed.) iii. 30 Yellow vinks shrieked and jabbered on their hanging nests.
1925 Centenary Bk. S. Afr. Verse 235 The bird referred to in the text..is evidently a weaver-bird, locally known as Vink.
1958 Cape Times 15 July 8/8 Vinks feed on many kinds of tiny parasites and insects.
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