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CHAFFINCH

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chaf⋅finch

[chaf-inch]
–noun
a common finch, Fringilla coelebs, of the Old World, often kept as a pet.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME chaffynche, OE ceaffinc. See chaff 1 , finch
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chaf·finch   (chāf'ĭnch)   
n.  A small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs), the male of which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage.

[Middle English chaffinche, from Old English ceaffinc : ceaf, chaff, husk + finc, finch.]
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