From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfinchfinch /fɪntʃ/ noun [countable]
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HBAa small bird with a short beakExamples from the Corpusfinch• The ashseeds will probably again attractfinchflocks, but I have not seen the squirrelsfeeding on them.• He waxedvehement about dinosaurs and extinction, about continentaldrift and the good old Galapagos finch.• The baby robins, scrubjays, finches, sparrows and starlings opened their mouths wide in anticipation.• But there are a few exceptions in the seed-eating species like finches and buntings.• A purplefinchsings ebulliently for hours.• In fact, Darwin initially distinguished only six of Gould's eventual 13 separate forms as members of the finch family.• Most of the finches die and, at once, selection sets to work.OriginfinchOld Englishfinc