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bullfinch
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: probably so called from the thick neck
1. : a finch of the genus Pyrrhula; especially : a European finch (P. pyrrhula) that is often kept as a cage bird and taught to whistle various airs, the male having rose-red underparts, blue-gray back, black cap, chin, tail, and wings, and white rump, the female being chiefly pinkish brown below, grayish brown above
2. : any of several other finches that resemble the European bullfinch (as a pyrrhuloxia or grosbeak)
II. noun
Etymology: from earlier bullfinch (fence)
: a hedge too high for a mounted hunter to leap |