gold-finch

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gold-finch (plural gold-finches)

  1. Archaic form of goldfinch.
    • 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
      The Red-linnet or Gold-finch is gradually becoming extinct in Staffordshire.