Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Linnean genus of birds, the finches, once nearly conterminous with the modern family Fringillidæ, and of no determinate limits: now usually restricted to such species as the chaffinch or common finch of Europe, F. cœlebs, and considered typical of the family Fringillidæ. See cut under chaffinch.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
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