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Trias greenfinch

Trias greenfinch noun: chloris triasi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), known only from fossil remains in La Palma in the Canary Islands.

trias greenfinch: chloris triasi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris...
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Noun

Trias greenfinch (plural Trias greenfinches)

  1. Chloris triasi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), known only from fossil remains in La Palma in the Canary Islands.
    • La Palma had its own endemic species of greenfinch, the Trias Greenfinch, which also had short wings but a much larger head and bill than the European Greenfinch, and presumably also succumbed with the arrival of humans on its island.2018 May 15, John Bowler, Wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Butterflies and Dragonflies, Princeton University Press...

Forms of Trias greenfinch

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Questions about Trias greenfinch

What does Trias greenfinch mean?
Trias greenfinch means chloris triasi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), known only from fossil remains in La Palma in the Canary Islands.
What part of speech is Trias greenfinch?
Trias greenfinch is a noun.
What is the plural of Trias greenfinch?
The plural of Trias greenfinch is Trias greenfinches.

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  6. Trias greenfinch
  7. Trias greenfinches
  8. Triases
  9. Triassic
  10. Triassic-Jurassic extinction event
  11. triathalon

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