chaffinch

UK: /ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/ US: /ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/ ,(chaf′inch)

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chaf•finch /ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a common finch of Europe and Asia, often kept as a pet.

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chaf•finch  (chaf′inch), n. 

1. Birds a common finch, Fringilla coelebs, of the Old World, often kept as a pet.

• late Middle English chaffynche, Old English ceaffinc. See chaff¹, finch 1400–50

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chaffinch / ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/ noun

1. a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head

Etymology: Old English ceaffinc, from ceaf chaff¹ + finc finch