grass finch

grass finch
noun
1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
Syn: ↑grassfinch
Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch
Hyponyms: ↑zebra finch, ↑Poephila castanotis
Member Holonyms: ↑Poephila, ↑genus Poephila
2. common North American finch noted for its evening song
Hypernyms: ↑New World sparrow
Member Holonyms: ↑Pooecetes, ↑genus Pooecetes

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noun
2. : any of various weaverbirds; especially : an Australian member of the genus Poephila

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1. any of several Australian weaverbirds, esp. of the genus Poephila.
2. the vesper sparrow.
Also, grassfinch.
[1775-85, Amer.]

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grass finch,
1. = vesper sparrow. (Cf.vesper sparrow)
2. any one of certain weaverbirds of Australia.

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