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greenfinches

greenfinches is the plural of greenfinch.

Meaning of greenfinch

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.

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Questions about greenfinches

What is greenfinches the plural of?
Greenfinches is the plural of greenfinch.

Words near greenfinches in the dictionary

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

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