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Chaffinch

noun
1.
Small European finch with a cheerful song.  Synonym: Fringilla coelebs.






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"Chaffinch" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cocks, with the same allusive motive, were borne by COCKAYNE: Parrots, blazoned as "Popinjays," appear as early as HENRYIII.: and in a Roll of EDWARDII., the Sire MOUNPYNZON has a Lion charged on the shoulder with a Chaffinch—in French a Pinson. The favourite bird, however, of the early Heralds is the Martlet, the heraldic Martin, anear relative of the Swallow or Hirondelle. The Martlet is practically always represented in profile, ...
— The Handbook to English Heraldry • Charles Boutell



Words linked to "Chaffinch" :   Fringilla coelebs, finch, Fringilla, genus Fringilla



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