snow-finchn.

Forms: Also snow finch.

Etymology: < snow n.¹

A species of mountain-finch. (See also quot. 1839.)

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brambling1570

mountain spink1611

bramble1674

mountain finch1678

snow-finch1781

snow-hammer1802

snow-lark1832

cock of the North1834

furze-chucker1847

bramble-finch1865

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 264 Snow Finch..inhabits various parts of the European continent.

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 139 The Snow Finch, Fringilla Nivalis.

1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 68 Oregon Snow-Finch, Fringilla Oregona.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 676 The Snow-Finch of the Alps, M[ontifringilla] nivalis, so often mistaken by travellers for the Snow-Bunting, Plectrophanes nivalis.

1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 388 The snow-finches form a small group possessing the characteristic form of the true finches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	snow-finch
释义	snow-finchn. Forms: Also snow finch. Etymology: < snow n.¹ A species of mountain-finch. (See also quot. 1839.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling) brambling1570 mountain spink1611 bramble1674 mountain finch1678 snow-finch1781 snow-hammer1802 snow-lark1832 cock of the North1834 furze-chucker1847 bramble-finch1865 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 264 Snow Finch..inhabits various parts of the European continent. 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 139 The Snow Finch, Fringilla Nivalis. 1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 68 Oregon Snow-Finch, Fringilla Oregona. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 676 The Snow-Finch of the Alps, M[ontifringilla] nivalis, so often mistaken by travellers for the Snow-Bunting, Plectrophanes nivalis. 1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 388 The snow-finches form a small group possessing the characteristic form of the true finches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1781
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