house finch

noun

small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

• Syn: ↑linnet, ↑Carpodacus mexicanus

• Hypernyms: ↑finch

• Member Holonyms: ↑Carpodacus, ↑genus Carpodacus

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noun

: a small redheaded finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) closely related to the purple finch and represented by several races in the western United States and Mexico including the common familiar house finch (C. m. frontalis) that often nests about houses and is a good singer

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a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.

[1865-70, Amer.]

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house finch,

a brownish, streaked finch of Mexico and the western United States, with red cheeks, throat, and rump in the male. It is especially common about houses.

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n. a red-breasted brown finch, now common from Canada to Mexico and sometimes regarded as a pest. ● Carpodacus mexicanus, family Fringillidae