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chaffinch

chaf·finch [ chá fìnch ] (plural chaf·finch·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
European songbird: a finch with white bars on its wings and a bluish head. Native to: gardens and farmland of Europe and western Asia.  Latin name Fringilla coelebs.

[ Old English ceaffinc< ceaf "chaff"; because it pecks among farmyard chaff]
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