goldfinch
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noun
1.
a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
2.
any of certain related American finches of the genus Carduelis, as C. tristis, the male of which has yellow body plumage in the summer.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a common European finch, Carduelis carduelis, the adult of which has a red-and-white face and yellow-and-black wings |
| 2. | any of several North American finches of the genus Spinus, esp the yellow-and-black species S. tristis |
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Goldfinch
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
If it had wings, it would have been a goldfinch or a chickadee.
Little bluestem will provide food for goldfinch and other seed-eating birds.
Goldfinch had in fact settled his account and ignored the insult.
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