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Definitions for chaffinch
ˈtʃæf ɪntʃchaffinch
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Princeton's WordNet
chaffinch, Fringilla coelebsnoun
small European finch with a cheerful song
Wiktionary
chaffinchnoun
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family.
Etymology: From chaff + finch.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chaffinchnoun
A bird so called, because it delights in chaff, and is by some much admired for its song. Edward Phillips World of Words.
Etymology: from chaff and finch.
The chaffinch, and other small birds, are injurious to some fruits. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Wikipedia
chaffinch
The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is more subdued in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail. The male bird has a strong voice and sings from exposed perches to attract a mate. The chaffinch breeds in much of Europe, across the Palearctic to Siberia and in northwestern Africa. The female builds a nest with a deep cup in the fork of a tree. The clutch is typically four or five eggs, which hatch in about 13 days. The chicks fledge in around 14 days, but are fed by both adults for several weeks after leaving the nest. Outside the breeding season, chaffinches form flocks in open countryside and forage for seeds on the ground. During the breeding season, they forage on trees for invertebrates, especially caterpillars, and feed these to their young. They are partial migrants; birds breeding in warmer regions are sedentary, while those breeding in the colder northern areas of their range winter further south. The eggs and nestlings of the chaffinch are taken by a variety of mammalian and avian predators. Its large numbers and huge range mean that chaffinches are classed as of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Webster Dictionary
Chaffinchnoun
a bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch
Etymology: [Cf. Chiff-chaff.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chaffinch
chaf′insh, n. a little song-bird of the finch family. [Said to delight in chaff. See Finch.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CHAFFINCH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chaffinch is ranked #140157 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Chaffinch surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chaffinch.
95.8% or 114 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chaffinch in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chaffinch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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- сипкаBulgarian
- pinsàCatalan, Valencian
- pěnkavaCzech
- asgell fraithWelsh
- bogfinkeDanish
- BuchfinkGerman
- fringoEsperanto
- pinzón, pinzón vulgarSpanish
- peippoFinnish
- bókígðaFaroese
- pinsonFrench
- breacan-beitheScottish Gaelic
- erdei pintyHungarian
- pinsonInterlingue
- bókfinkaIcelandic
- ズアオアトリJapanese
- PoufankLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- boekvink, vinkDutch
- bokfinkNorwegian
- ziębaPolish
- tentilhãoPortuguese
- cintezăRomanian
- зябликRussian
- beibbošNorthern Sami
- zebaSerbo-Croatian
- pinkaSlovak
- borësAlbanian
- bofinkSwedish
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