Crossword clues for greenfinch
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greenfinch \Green"finch`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
The Texas sparrow ( Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of five distinct species of bird within the genus ''Carduelis'': 2 # the (vern: European greenfinch), a common Old World finch, (taxlink Carduelis chloris species noshow=1), that is mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail. 3 # the (vern: black-headed greenfinch), (taxlink Carduelis ambigua species noshow=1) 4 # the (vern: Oriental greenfinch), (taxlink Carduelis sinica species noshow=1) 5 # the (vern: Vietnam greenfinch), (taxlink Carduelis monguilloti species noshow=1) 6 # the (vern: yellow-breasted greenfinch), (taxlink Carduelis spinoides species noshow=1)
Wikipedia
The greenfinches make up the bird genus Chloris.
Greenfinch may also refer to:
- Greenfinches, female personnel of the Ulster Defence Regiment
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, a British coaster in service 1946-66
Usage examples of "greenfinch".
It was not long before the latter had made the long-wished-for acquaintance of little Snowflake, the lively Greenfinch, and the well-behaved goats belonging to grandfather, as well as of the many others, including the Grand Turk.
Now it is curious that the sparrows and blackbirds, yellowhammers and greenfinches, that roost in the bushes, fly into the net and are easily captured, but the starlings--thanks to their different ways in daylight--always fly out at the top of the bush, and so escape.
The singing linnets come in parties, the happy greenfinches, the streaked yellow-hammers, as if any one had delicately painted them in separate streaks, and not with a wash of colour, the brown buntings, chaffinches--out they come from the hazel copses, where the nuts are dropping, and the hedge berries turning red, and every one finds something to his liking.
Thousands of birds, the lories, and greenfinches, and gold-winged pigeons, not to speak of the noisy paroquets, flew about in the green branches.
As soon as Greenfinch caught sight of the three missing friends amid the flowers she set up an extra loud bleat, whereupon all the others joined in a chorus of bleats, and the whole company came trotting towards the children.