- chaffinch
- [ʹtʃæfıntʃ] n зоол.
зяблик (Fringilla coelebs)
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chaffinch
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Chaffinch — Fringilla coelebs, male … Wikipedia
Chaffinch — Chaf finch, n. [Cf. {Chiff chaff}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of Europe ({Fringilla c[oe]lebs}), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; called also {copper finch}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chaffinch — (n.) Fringilla cælebs, O.E. ceaffinc, lit. chaff finch, so called for its habit of eating waste grain on farms. See CHAFF (Cf. chaff) + FINCH (Cf. finch) … Etymology dictionary
chaffinch — ► NOUN ▪ a common finch, the male of which has a bluish head, pink underparts, and dark wings with a white flash. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
chaffinch — [chaf′inch΄] n. [OE ceaffinc: see CHAFF & FINCH: it eats chaff and grain] a small European finch (Fringilla coelebs) that has a white patch on each shoulder: often kept in a cage as a pet … English World dictionary
chaffinch — /chaf inch/, n. a common finch, Fringilla coelebs, of the Old World, often kept as a pet. [1400 50; late ME chaffynche, OE ceaffinc. See CHAFF1, FINCH] * * * Songbird (Fringilla coelebs) that breeds in gardens and farmlands of Europe and northern … Universalium
chaffinch — UK [ˈtʃæfɪntʃ] / US [ˈtʃæˌfɪntʃ] noun [countable] Word forms chaffinch : singular chaffinch plural chaffinches a small bird that is common in Europe and Asia. The male has a red brown breast and a grey head … English dictionary
chaffinch — [OE] Etymologically, a chaffinch is a finch which gets its food by pecking amongst the chaff and other grain debris in the barnyard. The word chaff itself (Old English ceaf) probably goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *kaf , *kef ‘chew’,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
chaffinch — [[t]tʃæ̱fɪntʃ[/t]] chaffinches N COUNT A chaffinch is a small European bird. Male chaffinches have reddish brown fronts and grey heads … English dictionary
Chaffinch — kikilis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Fringilla coelebs angl. Chaffinch vok. Buchfink … Paukščių anatomijos terminai
chaffinch — paprastasis kikilis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Fringilla coelebs angl. chaffinch vok. Buchfink, m rus. зяблик, m; обыкновенный зяблик, m pranc. pinson des arbres, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kikiliai sinonimas –… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
