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greenfinch

UK/ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ//ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/

greenfinch noun: any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.

greenfinch: any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine...
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Noun

greenfinch (plural greenfinches)

  1. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.
    • The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.2016 July 14, Peter Davidson, Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 135
    Synonyms:
    green bird
    1. European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris,Fringilla Chloris),mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
  2. (Northern Ireland, historical, informal) A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
    1. (Northern Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang) A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.

greenfinch meaning in Tamil

greenfinch in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of greenfinch

Forms of greenfinch

pluralgreenfinches

Origin of greenfinch

Compound of green + finch. Cognate with Alemannic German Grüefink, Dutch groenvink, German Grünfink, Icelandic grænfinka, North Frisian greenfink, Norwegian Bokmål grønnfink, Norwegian Nynorsk grønfink, Swedish grönfink, and West Frisian grienfink.

Phrases with greenfinch

Questions about greenfinch

What does greenfinch mean?
Greenfinch means any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.
What is greenfinch in Tamil?
Greenfinch in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Greenfinch meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greenfinch?
Greenfinch is a noun.
How do you pronounce greenfinch?
Greenfinch is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of greenfinch?
The plural of greenfinch is greenfinches.

Words near greenfinch in the dictionary

  1. Greenfeld
  2. Greenfelds
  3. greenfield
  4. Greenfield Park
  5. greenfields
  6. greenfinch
  7. greenfinches
  8. greenfish
  9. greenfishes
  10. greenflag
  11. greenflags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenfinch (page history and authors); greenfinch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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