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bullfinch
1[ bool-finch ]
noun
- a European finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, often kept as a pet, the male of which has a black, white, and bluish-gray back and a rosy breast.
- any of several related or similar birds.
bullfinch
2[ bool-finch ]
noun
- a hedge high enough to impede mounted hunters.
bullfinch
1/ ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ /
noun
- a high thick hedge too difficult for a horse and rider to jump
bullfinch
2/ ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ /
noun
- a common European finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula : the male has a bright red throat and breast, black crown, wings, and tail, and a grey-and-white back
- any of various similar finches
Word History and Origins
Origin of bullfinch1
Origin of bullfinch2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bullfinch1
Origin of bullfinch2
Example Sentences
Her bedroom menagerie included an orphaned crow, a badger cub, a wounded jackdaw and a whole nest of baby bullfinches.
In Barbados, for example — where Dr. Lefebvre maintains a field station — tourists often see native bullfinches eating remains of food on tables, including sugar from bowls.
The St. Kitts bullfinch also fell victim to hurricanes in the late 19th century, Dr. Wunderle said.
Today, “birds” alone lists woodpeckers, crossbills, jackdaws, crows, robins, thrushes, blue tits and great tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, ospreys, lapwings, oystercatchers, kestrels, a pheasant and several varieties of owl.
I can just hear him shouting to his wife and daughters that “we have a bellowing of bullfinches on the bird feeder, quick!”
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