different between bluejay vs finch

bluejay

English

Noun

bluejay (plural bluejays)

  1. Alternative spelling of blue jay

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finch

English

Etymology

From Middle English fynche, from Old English fin?, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (chaffinch). Compare Welsh pinc (finch), Ancient Greek ??????? (spíngos, chaffinch), Russian ?????? (pénka, wren), Sanskrit ?????? (phi?gaka, drongo, shrike).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f?nt?/
  • Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

finch (plural finches)

  1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • brambling
  • canary
  • crossbill (Loxia spp.)
  • redpoll (Acanthis spp.)
  • serin
  • siskin

Verb

finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)

  1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.

References

  • finch at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • finch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Noun

finch

  1. Alternative form of fynche

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  • what fitch means
  • what finches can live with budgies
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