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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finch \Finch\, n.; pl {Fishes}. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink,
OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family {Fringillid[ae]}.
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
finch
n : any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills
adapted for crushing seeds
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