chaffinch

chaf·finch

C0224000 (chăf′ĭnch)n. A small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs) having reddish-brown plumage and a blue-gray cap in the male.

[Middle English chaffinche, from Old English ceaffinc : ceaf, chaff, husk + finc, finch.]

chaffinch

(ˈtʃæfɪntʃ) n (Animals) a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head[Old English ceaffinc, from ceaf chaff¹ + finc finch]

chaf•finch

(ˈtʃæf ɪntʃ)

n. a common Eurasian finch, Fringilla coelebs, often kept as a pet. [1400–50; late Middle English; Old English ceaffinc. See chaff¹, finch]

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chaffinch - small European finch with a cheerful songFringilla coelebsfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsFringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

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chaffinch

chaffinch:

see finchfinch,
common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia.
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Chaffinch

(Fringilla coelebs), a songbird of the family Fringillidae. It is about the size of a sparrow (approximately 17 cm long). The male’s plumage is brightly colored (especially in spring): the head is blue-gray, the back is brownish and green, the crop and breast are brownish red, and the wings have large white spots. The coloration of the female is more subdued. The chaffinches common in Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Africa; it is moving toward the east. The chaffinch is one of the most numerous birds in the USSR. It lives in forests and parks of all types, often right near human dwellings. It builds its nest in trees, camouflaging it with moss and lichens. Sometimes it nests twice in a summer. A clutch contains three to six light-blue speckled eggs. The chaffinch feeds on seeds and the green parts of plants, and in the summer it also eats insects and other invertebrates, which it also feeds to its nestlings. The chaffinch has a resonant song and is often kept as a cage bird.

chaffinch

a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head

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noun small European finch with a cheerful song

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