Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
finch .
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Other species in danger of extinction include the medium tree-finch (pinzón) [es] and the pink iguana [es].
Global Voices in English » Ecuador: Galapagos Islands Advance in 7 New Wonders Competition 2009
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David Vinkenbooms (Anglice, tree-finch), a Dutch painter of the sixteenth century, took a 'finch perched upon a branch of a tree' as his pictorial emblem.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 Various 1841
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