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painted finches

painted finches is the plural of painted finch.

Meaning of painted finch

Noun

painted finch (plural painted finches)

  1. Emblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.
    • The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 202

Questions about painted finches

What is painted finches the plural of?
Painted finches is the plural of painted finch.

Words near painted finches in the dictionary

  1. painted dog
  2. painted dogs
  3. painted down
  4. painted drop tongue
  5. painted finch
  6. painted finches
  7. painted firetail
  8. painted firetails
  9. painted francolin
  10. painted francolins
  11. painted frog

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