greenfinch
/green-finch/US // ˈgrinˌfɪntʃ //UK // (ˈɡriːnˌfɪntʃ) //
绿翅鸟,绿雀,绿翅雀,青雀
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any finch of the genus Carduelis, of Europe and Asia, having green and yellow plumage, especially C. chloris.
Examples
During this quiet, pleasant time the greenfinch was perhaps more to me than any other songster.
In any case, the subject need not keep us longer from the greenfinch--that is to say, my greenfinch not another man's.
To this writer, then--and there are others to keep him in countenance--the greenfinch as a vocalist ranks lower than the lowest.
The Greenfinch, or Green Linnet, is one of our most generally diffused birds.
The Greenfinch has another note which is heard most frequently, but not exclusively, in spring.
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