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hawfinch

[ haw-finch ]

noun

  1. a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.


hawfinch

/ ˈhɔːˌfɪntʃ /

noun

  1. an uncommon European finch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, having a very stout bill and brown plumage with black-and-white wings


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hawfinch1

First recorded in 1665–75; haw 1 + finch

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Example Sentences

Old man Tyler could lay his Hawfinch half a point nearer the wind than a chap has a right to expect from an archbishop.

Occasionally that shy bird, the hawfinch, is seen on a wet, quiet day picking up white-beam kernels and seeds.

It altogether sounds as though it might have been a hawfinch.

If so, we might look them over for a Hawfinch's nest about May 10th.

Sims describes the Hawfinch's immobile upper jaw, which is used as a powerful press in cracking the stones of fresh fruit.

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