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Oriental greenfinches

Oriental greenfinches is the plural of Oriental greenfinch.

Meaning of Oriental greenfinch

Noun

Oriental greenfinch (plural Oriental greenfinches)

  1. Chloris sinica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, native to East Asia.
    • The most widespread of Japan's finches, however, is the olive-and-yellow Oriental Greenfinch, which in winter can be seen in large flocks.2022 January 18, Mark Brazil, Japan: The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 112

Questions about Oriental greenfinches

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

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  5. Oriental greenfinch
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