finch

[US]/fɪn(t)ʃ/
[UK]/fɪntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of songbird in the finch family; a common type of finch bird.

Example Sentences

the finch's tail flicks up and down.

Strawberry Finch, Red Strawberry Finch, Red Avadavat, Coochin Finch, Red Waxbill.

studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and in captivity.

We saw a finch light on (or upon ) a bough.

This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.

Poiché ogni volta che voi mangiate questo pane e bevete di questo calice, voi annunziate la morte del Signore, finch’egli venga.

A large, crested finch(Pyrrhuloxia sinuata) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having gray and red plumage and a short, thick bill.

Real-world Examples

Imagine you're a finch on a Galapagos island.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

My teachers were always telling not to finch it.

Source: The Road to Harvard: Original Soundtrack

Sanders and the bird, a house finch, stared at each another for several moments.

Source: VOA Special April 2016 Collection

Flocks of swallows, finches, and countless other birds feast on grass seeds and insects.

Source: Crash Course Botany

And zebra finch birds slow their songs and use higher tones to communicate with young.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

We think this evolved because the finches likely started picking off the parasites on the boobies.

Source: Natural History Museum

The beak shapes of different species of Galapagos finches played an important part in Darwin's conception of natural selection.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2020 Compilation

To adapt a song without being taught how to means the finches must have some innate ability.

Source: Why do we speak?

One of these isolated males was added to a group of females to create a new finch colony.

Source: Why do we speak?

Like Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands, the world's garbage patches may give birth to new life forms.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

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