greenfinchn.
/ˈɡriːnfɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌfɪn(t)ʃ/ 1.
a. Any of several Old World finches of the genus Carduelis (family Fringillidae), having predominantly green plumage; esp. the common C. chloris, found from Europe to North Africa and Central Asia (also called green linnet).
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greenfincha1500
green bird1675
green linnet1678
green grosbeak1776
greeny1825
a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 269 (MED) Whan..gren fynchys to goslynges do obedyens, That put women in trust and confydens.
1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. F3 De Ligvrino sive Spino..Anglicè a grene finche.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. liv. 720 The same diligence must bee obserued in bringing vp of greene Finches, Canarie-birds, Linets, Goldfinches, or Silkens, and Spinkes.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 246 The Green-finch: Chloris..It is bigger than a House-Sparrow..It is called by some the Green Linnet.
1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 41 The Cock Padda or Rice-Bird..is about the Size of a Green-Finch, or rather bigger.
1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 330 The greenfinch does not begin his [flight] till the frosts set in.
1838 Penny Cycl. X. 483/1 The Green Grosbeak or Greenfinch.
1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 32 In summer the Greenfinch is somewhat shy, but in winter it is found in flocks in the fields and farmyards.
1943 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 3 June in War Diaries (2001) 417 I found a cross-bill, several green finches and some doves.
1982 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 9 295/1 A method of estimating the damage caused by greenfinches to ripening rapeseed crops is outlined.
2003 Bird Keeper June 13/3 The only birds in his birdroom were a goldfinch, a greenfinch and a bullfinch.
b. U.S. Either of two North American finchlike birds of the family Emberizidae having greenish backs, the green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus, and the olive sparrow, Arremonops rufivirgatus (also called Texas sparrow). Now rare.The identity of the bird in quot. 1828 is unclear.
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savannah finch1783
lark bunting1802
savannah sparrow1811
summer finch1823
greenfinch1870
sage sparrow1884
1828 J. C. Beltrami Pilgrimage in Europe & Amer. II. 24 They were two little birds of the continent of North America... I found that they were of the passerine tribe, and of the species of greenfinches; which in America are redbreasts.]
1870 J. G. Cooper & S. F. Baird Ornithol. (Geol. Surv. Calif.) I. 248 Pipilo chlorura, Townsend. The Green Finch.
1880 Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. 5 394 Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr.—Green Finch. This was among the first birds we saw at Lomita.
1915 J. Grinnell Distrib. List Birds of Calif. 134 Oreospiza chlorura (Audubon). Green-tailed Towhee. Synonyms—Pipilo chlorurus; Embernagra chlorura..; Green Finch; Blanding Finch.
1944 L. A. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Birds Index 513 Finch, Green—see Sparrow, Texas.
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greenfinch1865
1865 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 5/3 Point d'argent, point de Suisse—a saying applicable alike to every contingent, from the Franco-Belgian down to the ‘greenfinches’ of Old Ireland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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