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2 definitions found 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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