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grass finch

–noun
1. any of several Australian weaverbirds, esp. of the genus Poephila.
2. the vesper sparrow.
Also, grassfinch.


Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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grassfinch

noun
usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds 
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