Greenfinch

//ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.

    "The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable."

  2. 2
    Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.; European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris), mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
  3. 3
    A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Northern-Ireland, historical, informal
  4. 4
    A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.; A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment. Northern-Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang

Synonyms

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green bird

Example

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"The European greenfinch is a stout, cold-resistant bird."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch English greenfinch Compound of green + finch.

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chloris chloris

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