chaffinch
NounSynonyms:
Fringilla coelebs
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- small European finch with a cheerful songSynonyms: Fringilla coelebs
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Chaffinch \Chaf"finch\, n. [Cf. Chiff-chaff.] (Zool.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla c[oe]lebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch. [1913 Webster]