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  1. 1. n. A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds Source: wordnet
  3. 3. A word/small">small word/singing">singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ. Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling. -- Canary finch, the canary bird. -- Copper finch. See Chaffinch. -- Diamond finch. See under Diamond. -- Finch falcon (Zoöl.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax. -- To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull." Chaucer. Source: webster
  4. 4. A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging tothe family Fringillidæ. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds Source: ecdict

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