greenfinch

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Scrabble points
19
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22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/(UK)
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/ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/(UK) · /ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/(US)

Definition of greenfinch

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.
    “The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.”
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noun

  1. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.
    “The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.”
  2. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.
  3. (Northern-Ireland, historical, informal)A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
  4. (Northern-Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang)A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch English greenfinch Compound of green + finch.

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