goldfinch
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See also: Goldfinch
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]goldfinch (plural goldfinches)
- Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any of several passerine birds
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References
[edit]- (sovereign): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- goldfinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carduelis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spinus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carduelis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Spinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carduelis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Spinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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